"Need before greed"

[GuiltyLight]

I've never really understood the idea behind nbg. Whether someone can use it or they can sell it for something they need is the same thing. And I've seen enough people do something stupid like swap out a visible piece of gear when something drops just so they can roll need on it. If it's guildies or friends, sure. But a random pick up group?

I mean honestly for low value items, who cares. But no one's rolling need on a mega drop. Sorry. That's the exact same amount of platinum saved to anyone in the group.

But obviously this is easily solved by loot rules just being stated up front. If I join a group and the leader says it's need before greed, I think that's stupid as hell but that's what I will go by. Although conveniently people begin to support nbg a lot more of when it's a camp with something they can "use". And the number of times I have seen someone need and then I see them in East Commons auctioning it off later that evening is well into the dozens.

And if it is need before greed, at the very least, if the item you're replacing is worth something you should be having the group roll on it. Frankly I really don't care either way. I make most of my platinum solo to begin with. It's just that need before greed is nonsensical. It doesn't matter if someone's going to use it right that second or if they're going to go to the tunnel and get something they need with it. It's greedy either way. There's no such thing as need.