Why are Untradeable Mounts/Minions Lootable by Players that have them?

[kyuven]

yeah unfortunately this is a small design oversight intended to allow people to acquire extras to sell if they so chose (especially things like nutkin or fat cat and the like that are the result of things you can/must do solo and are exceptionally rare)
It's kind of annoying, but the flip side is it allows people to have one but still get another to sell so someone else can get it. Those without the proper classes on retainers, for example, wouldn't be able to get the fat cat any other way.
They'd have to come up with a new item tag to prevent this

[Ultimatecalibur]

yeah unfortunately this is a small design oversight intended to allow people to acquire extras to sell if they so chose (especially things like nutkin or fat cat and the like that are the result of things you can/must do solo and are exceptionally rare)
It's kind of annoying, but the flip side is it allows people to have one but still get another to sell so someone else can get it. Those without the proper classes on retainers, for example, wouldn't be able to get the fat cat any other way.
They'd have to come up with a new item tag to prevent this

That should be what the unique and untradeable tags do, but by using a specific mount/minion ability granting item you no longer have the item making it so that you can claim another.

[kyuven]

That should be what the unique and untradeable tags do, but by using a specific mount/minion ability granting item you no longer have the item making it so that you can claim another.

The problem is that there are some OTHER items that are unlockable, unique, and untradeable that you need to get over and over. They'd need to create another tag.

[Ultimatecalibur]

The problem is that there are some OTHER items that are unlockable, unique, and untradeable that you need to get over and over. They'd need to create another tag.

What are you referring to?

[Ladon]

yeah unfortunately this is a small design oversight intended to allow people to acquire extras to sell if they so chose (especially things like nutkin or fat cat and the like that are the result of things you can/must do solo and are exceptionally rare)
It's kind of annoying, but the flip side is it allows people to have one but still get another to sell so someone else can get it. Those without the proper classes on retainers, for example, wouldn't be able to get the fat cat any other way.
They'd have to come up with a new item tag to prevent this

More willing to bet it's more of the same BS where instanced player data simply does not have access to the player mount and minion lists for server stress issues so they can't even run a check against it even if they wanted to.

[Jodou]

Mistakes. I've done it with other stuff from time to time, which I'm sure most of us have at least encountered. I hit need/greed on accident just because I might not be paying attention to what it was I clicked and well... habit. Mind you, I think most of us would pay attention to certain items of rarity (like the mounts), but it can happen.

And why even allow such a scenario? It beggars the question why they implement systems like this with margin for human error.

[Volsung]

Does seem like an oversight, you can do nothing with those except nothing, they're generally rare - and we already have the system that stops you from doing this to other items (non-minion/mounts). Would be nice to see this not even be a possibility.

My sentiments as well shougun, seems like an oversight