Can we just go back

[Tantrix]

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

ninja looters was totally different, it was someone in or out of group who would loot a rare then log

On Lanys back in the day, "ninja looter" just referred to anyone looting shit as soon as it dropped. Usually this would be someone in group looting a no-drop before anyone even got a chance to roll, but could also be someone from outside the group coming by and snagging it because someone didn't have the corpse locked. With tradeable items, eventually the term "ML" came about (main looter) who was just someone who looted everything until the group finished clearing mobs then everyone would then roll and the ML would distribute. Then lastly, "NBG" which was actually pretty nice when an item would drop that was only usable by you, and also an upgrade...it was yours.

As far as "power looting"...not sure what game OP was playing, never heard of it in EQ and I was playing this 15 years ago.

[Mirana]

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

I vaguely recall plooting on live as someone who automatically loots anything and everything before others (rogues were notorious) but i never liked the sound of that word or maybe it was the spelling. either way i never picked it up.
ninja looters was totally different, it was someone in or out of group who would loot a rare then log

This is the context in which I always heard them used.

Power looting refers to someone who quickly loots mobs when they die and tends to amass the sellables and plat w/o sharing.

Ninja looting is someone who takes a highly valued item and drops group/camps/DC's.

[Droxx]

Lol @ ele complaining about something that is classic.

[skipdog]

As a longtime gamer and MMO player, I've never heard the term 'power looting' before this individual thread.

[Lagaidh]

I had never heard the term Poopsock before recreating Lagaidh here on p99 and running to the Butcherblock docks for the first time.

A dead troll named Poopsock was at the end of the pier next to the dwarf NPC.

Now, I don't want to say I laughed too hard or too long at that level of joke, but the pot helped.

[Arterian]

Ninja looting is classic. The original UI is fantastic on a 17" CRT. I don't think I could play with that these days.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

Was called "booty sniffing" on Quellious -- aka, always kneeling down on the mob right after every kill.







Actually, I just made that up. Pretty sure it was called "gaslighting" on Quellious, iirc




ooo, deep shit there sadre <rolls eyes>

[Brohl]

On Quellious, back in the day it was usually called ninja looting. Never heard Power Looting, though I do recall "Loot Whore" and a very few times "gaslighting"

[Baler]

I've heard it called Power Looting & Ninja Looting in classic.
I believe power looting was slightly more popular in the group of people I played with.
There was a couple people who called it thief looting too. they'd say TL TL and people would just look at them funny.

[mrgoochio]

i played on quellious too. i was on fellowship of the phoenix and also hero of heros on that server iirc..