I personally feel 90% of the time its better to all roll on these items. Normally they sell for 10-15g makes a huge difference in saving for mounts. Especially in dungeon runs you are likely enough to get gear upgrades that are going to be better anyways.
Recommend needing. Always best to clarify loot rules at beginning of run so no hurt feelings.
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There is need…you are going to use it
There is greed … you are going to sell it
Pretty clear
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To the best of my recollection, the tradition on my server in vanilla was that everyone would roll.
I usually passed anyway unless I actually wanted the item.
You roll need on something you can’t even equip you will never be in one of my groups again.
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It’s pretty self-explanatory. Need if it’s an item you’ll use. Greed if you want to sell it for gold. Need on everything if you want to be known as a ninja.
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Etiquette I usually saw was that if someone legitimately needed it, we’d let just them (and any others) roll need with the caveat that they then immediately equip it. Mostly came up in SFK and SM, where there’s some amazing gear for twinks.
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I wait to see what everyone else does…
If the people who cant use it pass, I pass.
If someone rolls need that obviously cant use it, I roll need too.
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Awww, what a bamber…
In vanilla, your rep mattered. You need the BoE? It’s yours, but if you don’t equip it right then, binding it to yourself, people will notice, and your reputation will suffer because of it.
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After a while, the standard became “All need on BoE” because otherwise one jerk would roll need and scoop it up whether they needed it or not.
Which made all guild runs for 5 mans as noone wants to wait for the 1 item they need to drop to have 4 that can’t even use it roll need.
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My server (Thunderlord) had the standard loot rules of you get one item per run. So whether it was a boss drop, or a BOE, you could roll to take it. If you won, you were done and better not roll Need on anything else for the run (even if no one else wanted an item, it was greed for gold/shard unless the group was cool with you taking a second item). If you lost, you still had your claim, and could roll Need again.
People seem to forget that server populations were fairly static back in Vanilla, and if you pissed on groups and took loot that wasn’t rightfully coming to you, you developed a reputation and people would not accept you into groups anymore. There was accountability.
That all went away with CRZ, and loot trading- which is why loot trading is a questionable decision for Classic.
This 100000%. That is always how you would no the scumbags from the good people.
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Usually at the beginning of a run I will state anything that equipment that is boe blue and sells for 10g plus all members need.
If anything as a green above profession that drops all greed nobody should need.
Unless you’re a miner/skinner that actually did the mining/skin then need but if drops off a mob hit greed.
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The way we did it was Roll need if you need it… roll greed otherwise.
IF you roll need on stuff you cant use or is not an upgrade you will get booted and most likely have trouble finding groups as the game progresses…
Also if your in a guild your guild leader will get a note a lot of the time.
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If you said that as the run started you would be looking for a new healer as I am not going to run something over and over for the same drop just because your greedy *** wants to sell it.
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Do you remember being in groups back then, where a player would say he’s rolling on an item for his alt and then loot it?
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Agreed. And those who would make the case that they “need” the gold or “need” the enchant mats should get the boot from the group.
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Most often with BoE blues I saw groups all roll Need unless someone actively for themselves chose to pass. Occasionally someone would ask the group because it would be an upgrade for them, but there was no pressure to pass so much as a choice.