Why make Priority weapons when the system already does a lot?

[Norack]

So you did 27 runs where people were trustworthy and 1 where they weren't?

Did I summarize the OP correctly?

yes you did. And that is the only thing I have ever done in FFXIV ever was those 28 runs on skirmish. Ninja'ng happens constantly im just curious why ppl put up with it and dont just let ppl take what weapon drops to you. sure you might not get the weapon you want that way but if a weapon drops to you atleast you will get a weapon its alot more fair, and whats the percentage of a weapon droping on you as opposed to the weapon you want dropping on you? The point im trying to make is it will be alot safer to just let the system do it and take what the system gives you. If you are with LS mates and ppl you can actually trust than sure do priority but PUG's should start doing the "if the system drops a weapon to you its yours idgaf if you can use it or not its yours." That way atleast you will get a weapon.

[Shura]

Ninja'ng happens constantly im just curious why ppl put up with it and dont just let ppl take what weapon drops to you. sure you might not get the weapon you want that way but if a weapon drops to you atleast you will get a weapon its alot more fair

Skirmish is a relatively new thing, where as pug groups have been happening for months, mainly dungeon groups. Take AV/CC for example, drops are very rare so its simply easier to decide priority on items before you enter. It would be annoying if you do dungeons for weeks and finally get your item to drop but it gets auto distributed to a mage who can't use it. The chance of getting darklight is super rare as it is, expecting the item u need to directly drop to u in order to get it just adds to the headache so it was easier for pug groups to set priority first.

Skirmish weapons can be traded but its still a headache to go in there wanting a specific weapon but u got to keep doing it till it drops to u, even when people who can't use it are getting it. On my Server not all weapons sell at the same price and some are hardly ever up for sale so its easier to do priority loot then attempt to get it through auto distribution.

This game has always had a crappy loot system, got to make do with whats there, and the best way is to have loot priority set before hand and use the /random feature when there are multiple ppl after the same thing. Lets hope for a better loot system in 2.0 since the current one is beyond trash.