Is it legal to repeatedly kill a quest mob just to prevent others from getting?

GnomeCaptain · #1 10-02-2018, 06:13 PM

Last night I was camping the AC in S Ro. Eventually I saw the AC, and he went down and was looted by a certain Druid.

And then 72 minutes later I was back for another chance at the AC. I did not see it, but there were several congratulatory messages in /ooc for the same Druid.

And then the Druid was there again 72 minutes later, greedy for another.

And as I thought about it, it seemed unlikely to me that someone could sell and execute even one J Boots MQ that quickly, around 1 am est on a weekday, and be back in S Ro for the next spawn chance. The travel, the gold, getting the rapier(s), finding Hasten. And then to do it again, after 2 am?

Seems possible that if someone is attempting to monopolize the AC, which drops an item that is essential for completing the quest for one of the game's most powerful items, that they would have an economic incentive to prevent anyone else from accessing AC loot.

Is it possible to destroy a Lore item on a body without looting it? Because I am a bit confused as to what happened. I find it more or less impossible to MQ off a J Boot quest at that hour, and so quickly. But I did see the Druid loot the AC, and then he was back around an hour later, getting congratulated for another.

Considering the J Boots quest is so very important, it seems detrimental to player QoL to allow the exact classes that don't need its reward to prevent everyone else from doing the quest.

So is it okay to repeatedly track and kill a quest mob, even when it seems fairly obvious the camper is not getting anything and doing so merely to block others?

Thanks

pickled_heretic · #2 10-02-2018, 06:16 PM

I'm guessing he's corpsing the ring.

GnomeCaptain · #3 10-02-2018, 06:18 PM

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

I'm guessing he's corpsing the ring.

There are still a couple EQ terms I don't know.

This is one of them. The other is poopsock or whatever.

If you would: please tell me what it means to 'corpse the ring.'

pickled_heretic · #4 10-02-2018, 06:21 PM

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

There are still a couple EQ terms I don't know.

This is one of them. The other is poopsock or whatever.

If you would: please tell me what it means to 'corpse the ring.'

If you die and leave lore items on your body, it doesn't count as possessing the item anymore, so you can loot another. in such a way you can have several of the same lore item in your possession, stored on corpses you can retrieve later. So in this case, the druid is "banking" rings so he can sell the multiquest later. On this server they sell for about 5-6k.

Ella`Ella · #5 10-02-2018, 08:28 PM

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The other is poopsock or whatever.

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Poopsocking is basically when a player would actually shit into a sock vs leaving the computer to shit in a toilet. However, I think it's more likely the player would just shit in their pants and then (maybe) wipe with the sock vs going to the bathroom

Moerne · #6 10-03-2018, 01:54 PM

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

There are still a couple EQ terms I don't know.

This is one of them. The other is poopsock or whatever.

If you would: please tell me what it means to 'corpse the ring.'

This is also frequently done with no-rent items. Keys to Howling Stones and the various Sky island are stored on corpses to keep them from poofing. If you port up to sky, you'll find the first island absolutely littered with corpses, and the spot in OT where people drop down to get to the HS zone-in is known as the corpse ledge because of the corpses storing keys there.

Sacer · #7 10-02-2018, 06:18 PM

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I'm guessing he's corpsing the ring.

This 100%

edit: how to corpse a ring :

put ring in a bag slot, die in a duel so you don't lose exp, loot everything but the ring, congratulation you have a ring corpsed for a week.

Dumluk · #8 10-02-2018, 09:36 PM

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I'm guessing he's corpsing the ring.

I saw a druid doing this in Sro.

His name began with a "D".

Phenyo · #9 10-02-2018, 06:23 PM

corpsed rings

mq sales

sorry you didnt get ancient cyclops

GnomeCaptain · #10 10-02-2018, 06:27 PM

Wow, corpsing seems like yet another reason to disable MQ for the J Boots quest.

Seems like a quest designed to be enjoyed by all players (of appropriate level) shouldn't be monopolized by greedy people exploiting bugs like MQ and corpsing. It is, after all, probably the only quest in the game meant to be done by all players (of non-sowing classes) over mid-level. It's really a rite of passage for a character; back on Live on Tarrew Marr our Druids and Rangers were certainly detrimenal to player QoL, but they weren't so malicious as to monopolize the AC with cheap exploits.

Multi-boxing is not ok, but this is? Seems odd.

Thank you Messrs. pickled_heretic and Sacer for the info about corpsing.