"Need before greed"

[Keebz]

Originally Posted by Tilien [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If we assume that you are a decent level and can make 100 plat an hour farming easily... And it takes you 1 hour to sell the Jagger band for 150 plat...

You got 50 plat from looting the item.

The warrior who uses it saves himself spending 150 plat and has therefore made 150 plat from looting the item.

Therefore if you looting the item to sell means you value your 50 plat over the warrior's 150 plat. This is greedy.

#economics
(Hopefully no one takes this too serious)

It's not even your 50 plat. It's a 1:6 chance to get that 50pp. How much could you sell your roll on jagged band for? 10pp? That is what you are sacrificing to give someone a gear upgrade. Not to mention it's a waste of everyone's time.

Obviously things change when it comes to 1k+ highly sought after and liquid liquid items. Greed rolls on fbss and topor make sense. On a jagged band? Not so much.

[Frostback]

No one in their right mind would call need before greed on a fbss. The value of the item makes a big difference, also your ability to farm rare items/make pp has an impact on this as well. I don't spend a lot of time in the ec tunnel so I tend to sell things cheap and fast. If an item drops and is under 500p, i'll ask if anyone needs it, and if they don't, roll it up. If you're a mage and you lose a roll for some high level research pages, then offer pp to the person who won it. Usually if you're nice, the person who won it will give you the item at a discounted price. Having a random lottery to award a valuable item to party members is not greedy, it's fair.

"I'm a mage so I deserve the items that I can use!" Grow up.... Or solo because you don't know how to share.