TMO / BDA - Raid Alliance

[Frieza_Prexus]

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

is keeping a corpse locked until it poofs without looting anything illegal?

I assume you mean within VP. A few of us have wondered that as well. I would suspect that the answer is yes because the looter locking the corpse does not have a right to loot the mob. It seems well established that looting a corpse you do not have rights to is improper and would likely fall under the server rules that also prohibit ninja looting. The owner of a corpse has absolute rights to a mob, and this should include the right to exclude others from it. For example, while it is unlikely, there do exist situations where a person might possess a legitimate interest in preventing someone from even seeing what is on the corpse. It seems that the right to exclude others from getting on a corpse is a natural part of owning it. For a collection of thoughts on the nature of owning mob corpses see here: http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...7&postcount=33

Note that the legality and practicality of locking a corpse are two different things. While it might technically be wrong, it's probably something that might be gotten away with due to insufficient enforcement.

It is not illegal to train a person trying to loot the corpse because training is explicitly authorized in VP, including for purposes of killing a person looting a corpse they own. However, only the training rules are suspended and not the rules concerning ownership of corpses.