[Enraya]

There are five people to a party. ONE of them is going to pick up the items no matter what. There might even be two people who go after the items. Its how it works. There should always be a designated "loot grabber" in every party. Otherwise you have no one but yourselves to blame if some random low leveled newbie comes and steals your stuff.

Maybe that's the way that you like your parties to work.

When I'm partying, mostly with my guildies, sometimes I don't bother to pick up the loot if someone else is behind me, and I might double back if I notice no one's picking it up. Especially when it's on free alloc, I don't bother to pick up everything.

Obviously, if you don't bother to get your own loot, it's your fault if it disappears or someone else takes it, but not everyone has the time to get it in a designated amount of time. And that's probably the problem here.