Thread: 1.23 Imperial Event

I think it would have gone a lot better had drops been obvious. There's no problem taking turns, but if half the people think killshot gets drops so they're not going to wait, and the other half think claim gets drops so they want to alternate, you end up with a lot of confusion and resentment.

It's no fun getting an item if it felt like you had to steal it from other players.

Originally Posted by Ceol

There's no problem taking turns

Good luck convincing people of that. You'll always end up with a group that will attempt to monopolize the claim on the big HNM type monsters.

Looking forward to Odin in ARR!

I can confirm that getting a "killshot" does not indicate where the drops go. As far as I can tell so far, proximity to the mob (I got a hat when it was purple to me, and I nor anyone else in my party got the killing blow on the elite that dropped it) is the only thing that matters.

So far after hours of farming, I haven't seen any confirmation whatsoever they drop from anything but the elite packs.

Originally Posted by LenTsani

I can confirm that getting a "killshot" does not indicate where the drops go. As far as I can tell so far, proximity to the mob (I got a hat when it was purple to me, and I nor anyone else in my party got the killing blow on the elite that dropped it) is the only thing that matters.

So far after hours of farming, I haven't seen any confirmation whatsoever they drop from anything but the elite packs.

Hi Len,

Thanks for the info.

If this is true (that you merely have to be in proximity and *not* get claim and *not* get killing shot), it seems a bit odd / unfair for those parties that actually spent the majority of their efforts getting the NMs down to 1% health (or killing it).

If what you're saying is true (just be in proximity), it's kinda sad when you have a Party that works on killing 99% of the Mobs (or heck, even doing 100% of the work), and you can just stand there and have a chance at the drop.

(or if you have to damage it a bit, the fact that you can let some other party do 99% of the work and you go in and just take a couple swings and hope for a roll feels... odd / unfair / not really rewarding teamwork (just loot stealing in a way).)

Originally Posted by Kiote

There is 0 chance that you only need to stand next to the enemy. More than likely, your chance of getting the drop is based of the amount of enmity you obtain. Even if the requirement is just get any enmity at all.

It's Called Open-Tapping.

SE ---really--- needs to confirm this then, there are a lot of parties getting really pissed off at others coming in and killing the monster. If in reality that doesnt matter then we have a bunch of raging for no reason.

I would all be for community no need to party content - but seriously tell us because we dont expect them to create that kind of content... (though we should, its lame having anti community community content lol)

Originally Posted by Meatdawg

I can't see SE recoding the way drops work for one new event. People really believe that out of the blue SE decided that the final kill shot regardless of claim now determines who gets loot? Seriously?

What is happening is that either you have claim and your kill shot is irrelevant or the mob is leashing and your kill shot is taking claim...

See, my galkan brother thinks the same thing!

Originally Posted by Tailless_Galka

Also, the reason you guys might be confusing the killshot for who has claim is because when you leash the mobs they could be deaggroin right before a kill and your killshot could be for claim because i noticed it happening last night before we were straight tanking.

Originally Posted by Meatdawg

I can't see SE recoding the way drops work for one new event. People really believe that out of the blue SE decided that the final kill shot regardless of claim now determines who gets loot? Seriously?

What is happening is that either you have claim and your kill shot is irrelevant or the mob is leashing and your kill shot is taking claim...

I agree. I think this is the most likely explanation for what is happening right now.