Scout's an absolute joke. So let's change the "rules"

[Jan Jensen]

I know I'm not alone when I think this set of "rules" imposed by a minority of players on the server at large is a bunch of hogwash.

So, here's a compromise:

• Between the hours of 6pm - 6am Est, you can have your /random where 40 people show up and put no effort forth to get free loot.
• Between the hours of 6am - 6pm Est, we fall back on a clickfest, where 10-15 people show up and have to at least try for a turnin. And, yes, they're allowed to transfer loot rights to a friend or buyer.

[Swish2]

This doesn't sound very fair on Euro (or Russian/Asian) time zone players.

[Swish2]

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

they're allowed to transfer loot rights to a ... buyer.

You don't want to open that Pandora's Box, you just lengthened your odds on winning the roll by a noticeable amount.

[zodium]

Sorry pal, this doesn't sound very reasonable. There are just a lot of people rolling because the items are good and the barrier to entry is low. Short of mechanics changes, a roll is the least bad option. Click fests are worse.

[Foxplay]

Sorry you didn't win the roll

[indiscriminate_hater]

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

Sorry you didn't win the roll

[enjchanter]

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

Sorry pal, this doesn't sound very reasonable. There are just a lot of people rolling because the items are good and the barrier to entry is low. Short of mechanics changes, a roll is the least bad option. Click fests are worse.

As someone who lost the ring 8 roll 61 times total (which is a much higher Barrier to entry) before finally getting it on a quake, I feel like a roll is the most fair way to do it and agree with gat. As soon as you let buyers loot the piece you will have people literally show up every day lotto style for their chance at an easy 20-30k

Fun side note: One time me and a guildie actually tied for the winning roll and rather than a re roll we dueled for it in front of the crowd which was a fun experience (even though I was brutally slain lol)

[White_knight]

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

As someone who lost the ring 8 roll 61 times total (which is a much higher Barrier to entry) before finally getting it on a quake, I feel like a roll is the most fair way to do it and agree with gat. As soon as you let buyers loot the piece you will have people literally show up every day lotto style for their chance at an easy 20-30k

Fun side note: One time me and a guildie actually tied for the winning roll and rather than a re roll we dueled for it in front of the crowd which was a fun experience (even though I was brutally slain lol)

This made me smile. People still enjoying EQ =)

[Sadiki]

Spoken by a true hero who clearly did not live in that clickfest hell. Let the people roll their dice.

[Jan Jensen]

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

Spoken by a true hero who clearly did not live in that clickfest hell. Let the people roll their dice.

Wrong.

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

There are just a lot of people rolling because the items are good and the barrier to entry is low.

That's the thing, there is no barrier to entry right now. Faction? pfft. You show up, you get free loot - you don't even need friends for it. Personally, I'm a fan of not letting simple chance dictating whether you accomplish something or not.