A proper looting system?

[Reika]

As other said the lotting system is horrible...honestly it prevents any form of organized lotting to take place and even encourages theft (the drop randoming to someone who has no intention to pass to who it should go to).

1.18 is a great patch... but with dungeons, and more focus on pickup groups and what not... the lotting system is a critical system that needs to be completely redesigned... or just copy a system that works I do not care... just trash the current one in its entirety.

Where there is the possibility for theft, it is guaranteed to occur eventually. Leaders need some way or managing drops to prevent it from happening.

I was about to add this possibility myself. I wouldn't worry about it happening so much within your linkshell (Unless you have one of those people who are in 'every' LS) , but especially when the servers start to get populated with new people, there will be some kind of loot system that the party leader can control, Or else there will be those greedy people that get what they want out of a raid and just leave on you.

[Roaran]

I believe the only tried and true method in deciding matters such as these is by ROCK PAPER SCISSORS.


ROCK PAPER SCISSORS

• Rock

  Defeats Scissors, but is defeated by Paper.

• Paper

  Defeats Rock, but is defeated by Scissors.

• Scissors

  Defeats Paper, but is defeated by Rock.

Thus, should an item be procured from whatever source, any player may first determine their interest in the item. After doing so, all players, having once demonstrated their interest, will engage in the greatest contest known to Eorzea. After several rounds the winner of the contest shall be awarded the prize.

Such is the only viable method for determining the spoils of battle.