If a tank has 4 stacks of medals...

[Bloodb]

Do you pick up any more? Or should any tank with 4 stacks just keep fighting and have the medals despawn.

There's been situations where I'm the only one who's close by to pick them up, or leave them.
Also I have a tough time even using party chat saying I have 4 stacks I can't pick up any more medals, and watched 2 of my teammates stand right by a bag of medals till it despawned.

WHY!!!!! Makes me so mad. What should I or any other tank do ideally?

[Koltik]

Pick up to 200 max, and make a macro that says you can't pick up any more, asking for others to pick them up. Once you hit 200, use your macro.

[Februs]

Pick up to 200 max, and make a macro that says you can't pick up any more, asking for others to pick them up. Once you hit 200, use your macro.

Seriously. I hate macros. I despise that little sound notification that pops up whenever people think they have something important to say, but this is the ONE THING IN THE GAME that has made me seriously consider setting one up. Typing in the chat box during the heat of the moment (especially when you're at your highest vulnerability) is time consuming and inconvenient, but without that notification a lot of players will ignore medal drops. I almost never recommend macro usage, but this is the one time I'd say it's almost mandatory.

[Elfidan]

Do you pick up any more? Or should any tank with 4 stacks just keep fighting and have the medals despawn.

There's been situations where I'm the only one who's close by to pick them up, or leave them.
Also I have a tough time even using party chat saying I have 4 stacks I can't pick up any more medals, and watched 2 of my teammates stand right by a bag of medals till it despawned.

WHY!!!!! Makes me so mad. What should I or any other tank do ideally?

Accident happen (don't worry the kind folks in your party will alert you if you mess up xD) , but the goal is 200 and no more. Even paladins get all squishy at that point. If you don't get them in 5 seconds they despawn , however if you are at 200 that isn't your fault. Good players will share your burden!

[MiniPrinny]

Accident happen (don't worry the kind folks in your party will alert you if you mess up xD) , but the goal is 200 and no more. Even paladins get all squishy at that point. If you don't get them in 5 seconds they despawn , however if you are at 200 that isn't your fault. Good players will share your burden!

Speaking of accidents, it's really difficult to keep track of the enemy's coins if you have a smaller resolution due to how big the UI window is. I ended up the other day killing a Black Mage who had quite a few coins, I was at 100, and they dropped over 150, taking me from 0 stacks to 10 stacks. The healer blamed me, but I was without information, and even if I had that information, I would have grabbed those coins anyway, since I, as a tank, am the one most likely to survive.

[Eggscellent]

It's situational but you usually shouldn't get more than 4 stacks.
4 stacks is 48% extra damage, that's when I go into my tanking stance.

[kensatsu]

even a LB can kill you at 4 stacks, don't take more, it's clearly the MAX you can afford

[Elfidan]

Speaking of accidents, it's really difficult to keep track of the enemy's coins if you have a smaller resolution due to how big the UI window is. I ended up the other day killing a Black Mage who had quite a few coins, I was at 100, and they dropped over 150, taking me from 0 stacks to 10 stacks. The healer blamed me, but I was without information, and even if I had that information, I would have grabbed those coins anyway, since I, as a tank, am the one most likely to survive.

I've done the same thing before on accident , and I've seen a war get this from using holmgang. We both got abused of course. It sucks , but hey gg.

[MiniPrinny]

Speaking of accidents, it's really difficult to keep track of the enemy's coins if you have a smaller resolution due to how big the UI window is. I ended up the other day killing a Black Mage who had quite a few coins, I was at 100, and they dropped over 150, taking me from 0 stacks to 10 stacks. The healer blamed me, but I was without information, and even if I had that information, I would have grabbed those coins anyway, since I, as a tank, am the one most likely to survive.

I've done the same thing before on accident , and I've seen a war get this from using holmgang. We both got abused of course. It sucks , but hey gg.

In further thinking, I realize we can see how many an enemy drops in the chat log, but again, that is a rather small area of the screen and one you're not likely going to be looking at unless something draws your attention to it.

[Februs]

In further thinking, I realize we can see how many an enemy drops in the chat log, but again, that is a rather small area of the screen and one you're not likely going to be looking at unless something draws your attention to it.

Checking in the heat of the moment can definitely be a troublesome. To save myself the eyestrain, I try to anticipate how many medals will be dropped. In most cases It comes down to making educated guesses on how many medals will be dropped based on which player it is and how many times they've been killed. There's always those "SURPRISE!" moments, though. Keeps the match interesting lol.