Raids: The Unwritten Rule?

[Sunako]

I think you should not able roll loot if you do not join for the battle because there is almost always few slackers that sit at the starting point then pick up loot after fight is over and see zero effort into it.

[Spiritreaver1217]

...Do raids have an unwritten rule, where if you join a group in progress, you can't roll on upgrades? Is it considered "stealing" to outroll someone?

Plan to go back and read the other replies, but replying before i forget to.

Welcome to 'World of Dingus'. The healer that left probably would have left if ANY piece other than the one he/she was looking for had dropped anyways. Depending on when you run it, you can see this alot-tons of DCs right after loot drops from a boss....

Anyways, tell you what my buddy told me when i started WoD and he was teaching me the mechanics, "Lot all the things!" If you can lot it and you were there for it to fall from boss, you should lot. So much drama happens there, i wouldn't let that situation bother you.


That said though, if you you ever can 'Need' something and you don't really need it for anything other than glamour or completionism(real word?), that's the time you may want to 'Greed' it or just abstain if someone speaks up and say they are looking for it. And that is only if you choose to do that, because-again-if you can lot it you aren't breaking any unspoken rule by doing so.

[Reinha]

I think you should not able roll loot if you do not join for the battle because there is almost always few slackers that sit at the starting point then pick up loot after fight is over and see zero effort into it.

There are also impatient people who pull bosses even though they see a person moving on the map but slightly too far to reach the room in time. It wouldn't be fair to be loot locked because you grabbed water or opened the door and arrive 20 seconds later than the rest.

[f3re]

I would guess you accidentally rolled on the piece that dropped when you joined. chances are it was still up there maybe you did not notice. I don't see any other reason the people would get mad.

[dayspring83]

Honestly, if someone were to join in progress, end up being locked out of a boss and win the subsequent roll on a need...I'd be ok with it.

sure you didn't technically "earn" anything but this is just a game and there's no rule prohibiting you from doing so.

I would need/greed on something in the same scenario depending on how long I've been waiting for a specific drop.

I would have a problem if you needed, won the roll and then dropped. But that should go without saying.

[Havenae]

Leaving in a huff because you didn't get the drop you wanted though...that's inconsiderate.

Nah that's just being an enormous cry baby

[dayspring83]

claimed loot is a word of mouth sort of thing. if everyone agrees to it, then it would be stealing.

That's not what 'stealing' means...

[Kikoten]

Well, I don't think I missed the loot icon appearing. I got out of WoD a few hours ago and realized that the fight I was gated from wasn't actually a boss, and it didn't really have any loot drops.

Thanks for the help~

[Kazumac]

Grats on the upgrade!

[Sapphic]

No, other healer was just being a drama queen, and rest of your party wasn't much better. If a piece of gear is an actual upgrade for you, imo, you have highest priority for it over other people who want it for glamour/seals/desynth/etc.

Unless you go in as a full premade party with loot allocated before hand, then yes, you have 100% right to roll on what ever you want.

If you go in as a full premade with agreed upon rules and break them, then youre a douche and tis reportable ^_^