Lore items and "Body camping"

Bones · #1 06-03-2010, 04:16 PM

I feel this needs to be said and not only out of self interest, but also for everybody else who wants a shot at getting certain valuable lore items.

I wouldn't call it an "exploit" but people are abusing the fact that you can store lore items on bodies and continue to farm for hours, and in some cases days, said lore item while stacking corpses, and I am sure everybody knows where this has become somewhat of a problem.

Anyways, my point and question is - Do you guys plan on removing the ability to loot lore items that a player has on a corpse already? Or is it even possible?

girth · #2 06-03-2010, 05:02 PM

That is a good point.

Another way to remedy this somewhat would be to have a rule that Exp groups get camps over solo'ers. Soloing frenzy but 5 or 6 people sub 50 want it? Then you just lost it.
That's how my server worked like 95% of the time.

**nilbog** · #3 06-03-2010, 05:03 PM

Ideally, we are fixing the corpse timers.

You should be able to hold a lore item on a corpse, no?

girth · #4 06-03-2010, 05:09 PM

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Ideally, we are fixing the corpse timers.

You should be able to hold a lore item on a corpse, no?

You don't see that as an exploit? Having 4 corpses each with a FBSS or something like that?

Droxx · #5 06-03-2010, 05:23 PM

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Another way to remedy this somewhat would be to have a rule that Exp groups get camps over solo'ers. Soloing frenzy but 5 or 6 people sub 50 want it? Then you just lost it.
That's how my server worked like 95% of the time.

This makes 0 sense at all. First come, first serve, anyone?

girth · #6 06-03-2010, 05:41 PM

It made enough sense that some live servers did it for long periods of time.

There is nothing dumber than 1 person hogging the same camp or 2 for a whole week, leaving lore items on their corpses so they can continue to be selfish.

Not to mention trying to take one of those camps normally will get you trained so they can continue farming it solo when they 'show back up.'

It wouldn't be so bad if they wouldn't stay at the camp after getting the item they wanted, but no they die and farm another one.

girth · #7 06-03-2010, 05:46 PM

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This makes 0 sense at all. First come, first serve, anyone?

Its not like we do that for raids, so why not make up rules for high end camps too that are perma-camped by like the same 5 people over and over.

And before you say it, 15 people camping a zone is not FCFS.

FCFS is first to engage.

Humwawa · #8 06-03-2010, 06:02 PM

It has been a part of the game since the game opened, and it's a workaround available to everyone.

I think there's a little more to this, than this, and I suspect this moves to Rants and Raves by the time we see the agenda behind the post.

Bones · #9 06-03-2010, 06:18 PM

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I think there's a little more to this, than this, and I suspect this moves to Rants and Raves by the time we see the agenda behind the post.

Wtf are you talking about? Im not targeting any particular person, I am not ranting of flaming anybody, and there certainly isn't any "agenda".
This is a legitimate concern for many people, myself included.
Don't try to derail this please.

Bones · #10 06-03-2010, 06:39 PM

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Ideally, we are fixing the corpse timers.

That is good news, thanks for the speedy response.