Thread: Hope raid loot rules are changed for 4.0

The cross server PF was put into place to help combat the exact situation you describe (among other benefits).
SE has to draw a hard line somewhere, otherwise we'd slowly be tiptoeing into the realm of 7 people selling carries to 1 person for 2 loots during lockout. Multiple times per week.
At least under the current system, 7 characters can only do that once. And they probably have to log into your account to do it too (technically not a carry but w/e).

Edit: Also, at least SE gave us the ability to help other groups after we cleared. Once upon a time that wasn't even a thing. And the sacrifice of 1 piece of loot for up to 4 people joining you with the encounter seems a fair trade off. The design drop rate was 2 pieces of loot for 8 people on a clear. If SE could give you 1.75 pieces of loot for bringing 1 ringer, I'm sure they would. (actually they can in the long run, but that would be giving the second coffer a 25% chance to just not spawn per cleared person)

Originally Posted by thegreatonemal

The fix for this is simple, simply do what they do for weekly 24man raids but with a twist. Make it so if you clear a floor the first time for the week you can't loot on any drops if you go in there a second or a third time but has no effect on the number of chest that drop. this change instantly allows for people with statics to raid at their leisure outside of their main group improving their knowledge of the fight making them better players but also gives life to the pug scene and allows anyone with skill to clear the floors on their own time.

Your 'fix' would pump WAY too much loot into the community. Raid sales would skyrocket, use of RMT would skyrocket, and any raid static that wanted to be competitive in progression would require you to have 7 alts, and run any given raid 57 times a week as the entire group goes 7 clears +1 new in order to get guaranteed 2 drops for every alt, from every turn, every week, so they could push that final encounter sooner than any other prog static.