What's the rule/etiquette regarding looting the kills of others?

[azeth]

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

This. From kill time, to 5 min, only the group/player can loot. That is their window. After that, it is indeed FFA. Like it was told to me, if you wanted it that bad, you had 3 minutes to take it.

absolutely blown away anyone could actually think this is correct. there's no way this isn't a troll post right?

[Muggens]

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

is the item tradable? if so, loot up without a word. the game already has a mechanic where if someone kills a mob, they have exclusive loot rights for a period of time. then that period wanes, and looting is ffa...

[Crawdad]

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

is the item tradable? if so, loot up without a word. the game already has a mechanic where if someone kills a mob, they have exclusive loot rights for a period of time. then that period wanes, and looting is ffa...

Corpses are never FFA. Once you kill a mob, its corpse is yours. You might want to loot it, you might want an alt/buyer to loot it, or you might want to let it rot to teach it a lesson. But it's never FFA, unless the person who owns it tells you its A-Okay to loot it.

Will most people care if you loot their scraps? No, probably not. But being polite doesn't cost you anything, and makes everything simple for everyone.

[Llandris]

Don't loot things that don't belong to you

[Legidias]

Its 0 tolerance ninja looting for a reason. There's no set line to what is significant. 4p? 10p? 100p? 1000p? If a piddly little newbie killed some mob with a FS weap, but then had to zone. That may even be the first time they've made a few plat off a single mob.

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

Don't loot things that don't belong to you

[DMN]

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

Its 0 tolerance ninja looting for a reason. There's no set line to what is significant. 4p? 10p? 100p? 1000p? If a piddly little newbie killed some mob with a FS weap, but then had to zone. That may even be the first time they've made a few plat off a single mob.

Ahem:
'generally regarded as significant or valuable '

Generally
Adverb
"in most cases; usually."

[feniin]

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

Don't loot things that don't belong to you

[Legidias]

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

Don't loot things that don't belong to you

(for the 1000th time)

[kjs86z]

Just ask. We're talking about vendor trash. 90%+ of the time you'll get a quick "sure, go ahead" and then you're good to go.

[DMN]

If I was a GM I'd probably give the guy who petitioned a fine steel sword that was "ninja looted" a little vacation from sim elf.