Quote Originally Posted by tdb View Post
I was doing alphascapes with some friends (4-5 of us) tonight. One of them won a bolt from v1 and casually remarked that they were going to use it to buy an orchestrion roll to put up on the MB. I asked "are you serious?" and they replied "of course". At least two of us, me included, actually needed that bolt to upgrade our gear. I got a bit salty about it and left early, both in protest about their behavior and as a damage control measure to prevent myself from saying something I'd regret later.

Is it considered acceptable in FFXIV to need on something you are going to sell? In previous MMORPGs I've played the general rule has been that you need on items you are going to use yourself and greed on those you're going to sell. Needing for alts or equippable NPCs is kind of a gray area.
If it wasn't agreed upon ahead of time to work that way its fair game. Its no different than a BRD trying to "claim" all the tank gear in a dungeon just because they want it to level a tank or for glams. If I was the tank, I would still be allowed to need on that gear if I didn't explicitly agree to let them have it ahead of time.