Looting Rules

[Rygar]

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

According to game code, it's a communal bank for the force that created it until the possession timer expires, then it becomes an open communal bank for everyone, then destroys itself.

According to pure game code, loot rights expand to the entire population of the server once the corpse possession timer expires. Pure game code.

Obviously, pure game code is at odds with server rules.

That's my orc pawn corpse, bra. You loot it and you're getting banned.

Seriously, apply to a top end raid guild. P99 needs more rule lawyers like yourself to make sense of things.

[Jimjam]

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

According to game code, it's a communal bank for the force that created it until the possession timer expires, then it becomes an open communal bank for everyone, then destroys itself.

According to pure game code, loot rights expand to the entire population of the server once the corpse possession timer expires. Pure game code.

Obviously, pure game code is at odds with server rules.

That's my orc pawn corpse, bra. You loot it and you're getting banned.

I don't see how they are at odds.

My group kills an orc pawn, I tell your group you may loot a scalp. This is allowed by the rules, and only possible because there is an unlock timer as part of the game mechanics.

The rules also allow my group to kill orc pawns and tell your group not to loot orc pawn picks. Perhaps our inventories are full, but we don't want other people getting in on some of our sweet pawn pick monopoly.

Rightly or wrongly, on this server corpses belong to the people that created them. Just because you can loot a corpse / train a party using the game mechanics doesn't mean the rules should allow it.

Oh, on a side note, if the loot wasn't a big deal then surely you wouldn't be fussed over whether you are allowed to loot it or not?

[Nilstoniakrath]

So if some dumb @$$ bard drops a corpse on top of a mob I am killing, and runs to the other side of the zone, and I loot his mob by accident, that is ban-able? Nice

[Bubbles]

Wait, a bard threatened to petition you for zone disruption? The f*ck is this world coming to.

[Jimjam]

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

Wait, a bard threatened to petition you for zone disruption? The f*ck is this world coming to.

The real question is, whether the precedent that you may peel mobs off a player who has taken more than 4 mobs at a time still applies after the death of the mob.

If that bard is kiting 7 mobs, would that give permission to 'pull' 3 of the mobs post mortem and loot them? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Whirled]

Where would be the threshold of "what is ok to loot" and "what is not"?
Orc pawn picks = ok to loot?
Drolvarg teeth = not?
Would anyone actually petition over such common drop loot though?
inb4, How dare you take my bone chips!
Dude, I saw you loot my a goblin warrior corpse. Give me back that 9 gold & onyx!!!!

[jolanar]

If you loot a corpse in an empty forest, does it make a sound?

[myriverse]

A wise quote from the EQ USENET group, circa Feb 2000:

"If you value your reputation, ask before looting someone else's kill, no matter how long they have left it there."

(emphasis mine)

But people who get pissy about loot they leave to rot are just bringing bad karma on themselves.

[Lagaidh]

I've played here off and on for a while and I've never been above looking in on a corpse that's been left behind.

I have yet to receive a single tell...

/shrug ymmv

If somebody did make a stink over a fine steel 2-hander and the jade shard, I'd give it back, apologize, and make a mental note of whether or not this person's a dick. Just hasn't happened in six years+ of play.

[fadetree]

I remember people doing loot locks where they would park a character in loot on a mob past the unlock time waiting for the intended looter to arrive.