Need/greed issue

[AskaRay]

Glamour.

Example: all the new Bard gear in dungeons is way below ilvl for me, but I really want to look like a cowboy, so I'll need it so hard.
If you want it, go on that job/role.

I've been healing EX roulette solely because I needed the upgrade body piece, as an actual upgrade, but of course others could need on it if I wasn't healing. Is that fine? Sure, they were the ones healing. So instead I healed to make sure I got it. (And after about 500000 runs I finally did...)

[Alistaire]

This is a thread topic that pops up every once in a while, always turns out the same way.

[ZanaWintersong]

Also, highest ilvl isn't always BiS in some cases. This mostly applies to Weeping City, but I'd hate it if I couldn't have needed on the casting body, simply because I have the 240 lore one. Admittedly, people aren't likely to greed on it due to the once per week thing.

[Hasrat]

The only issue I have with it is Lancer/Dragoon can't Need on gear that clearly lists Lancer/Dragoon. As tank gear goes, it's not that great, but it might be an actually useful thing for the non-tank that can wear it.

[Cakekizyy]

The only issue I have with it is Lancer/Dragoon can't Need on gear that clearly lists Lancer/Dragoon. As tank gear goes, it's not that great, but it might be an actually useful thing for the non-tank that can wear it.

Agreed. A piece dropped that would have been upgrade and lost due to being unable to need on it.

[TheCurls]

Same thread as always. Same answer as always: If you want to roll Need on something, go as the class you want to Need on. Otherwise, you're not entitled because they have a higher ilevel but chose to go as that class.

[Bebekurenai]

Also, besides GC seals, desynth, glamour, retainers, there's the other jobs with the same role you are needing on. Say I'm whm and need on a healer body, even though my whm has the Orison body which is in this example better than what I'm needing on, but turns out I need this piece for my sch. Maybe just like you are trying to upgrading your alt classes, I am too, and happen to be on the role that can need on it.

[Felis]

So why is it that you can roll Need on a piece of gear if you are that gears job/class yet your said piece you have on is higher ilvl in raids or dungeons why?

Because you can still need it for glamour, GC seals, desynthese or to sell it in the MB if it is tradeable.

[Xlantaa]

It is not only about how useful is. It is for glamour, desynth for rare mats or leveling or turn them into Grand Company seals for example.

If you need a specific piece of gear, you can ask nicely to other member to pass. But you cannot obligue them. They can accept or not, and they are in their right.

[LunaFaye]

When I join a party I always take a look at the parties gear. In most cases you even see it upon entering that some people are not geared. I'll ask if someone needs gear and if nobody says a word, I'll need/greed for my retainers/seals/alts/glamour etc. However if I find myself wiping 50 times at the first boss because people can't be asked to pay attention for 10 seconds, I'll greed/need anything that shows up on the loot window and get the hell out of that run lol