counting the drop order

[Pedobear]

So i was in a ZK farm party on my cleric today. At first it was great. our first ZK pull went awesome. a staff dropped, the fighter got it and gave it to one of the mages. I was actually impressed with how smooth this was all going for just another PuG.

Then we got to our second ZK spawn. we nuked the two adds and picked up their loot. then something odd happened. an elrue randomly dropped, then was picked up. then a piece of beast leather. finally a piece of copper ore drops and i end up picking it up and i realized what was going on. the fighter was counting the drop order and dropping pieces to make sure he picked up ZK's drop.

Why? it was an int and spr ring and he ended giving it up to one of the mages, but what's the point? Really is it that big of a deal that you get all the great loot? do you have to be such a loot whore that you're willing to tarnish your reputation and hurt your chances of finding a good party in the future?

so, anyone else notice the weirdos like these? what do you do to screw them up? drop some loot of your own to throw off the count?

[Ralath]

You could give them the benefit of the doubt and say that he was just clearing room in his inventory so that he could get whatever *might* drop from ZK. I know that I drop a lot of crap on the ground sometimes, especially in the BGs when my inventory is always bursting full of stuff.

But yah... if he was really counting drops, then drop something of your own to mess it up.

[Enraya]

I've met someone that counted drops before o-o; I just started spamming my pick up key, and it messed up his order I think xD He didn't count drops after that.

[AngellicDiety]

Quite honestly, there are some people you cannot trust out there.

If I know there are some "iffy" members in my party, I will count the drop order.

I've been victim to the odd party consisting of 3 or 4 people I know and trust, but the odd ball was the one who was given the nice axe, hammer, cross bow, or wand - and refused to give it to the person in the party of the class deserving of the item.

So yes, I would count the drop order just to ensure that I can distribute the items fairly to the people with which the class is associated with.

[toolrocket]

As long as you are ALWAYS on the level, i think counting drops is fine. As a mage however (unless it's AOE) i'm usually too far away to do any counting, plus i dont care that much.

[Spirit]

I have counted drops before, but more so to save Loki and I trading back and forth. If it is just her and me partied, I will click on stone and potion mats if it is her turn and the scroll mats if it is my turn. But, I find it difficult to count drops when we have a large party, simply because, like tool said, we mages are not right up there and if you have more than one person spamming pick-up, you never know.

[Zwivix]

I've met someone that counted drops before o-o; I just started spamming my pick up key, and it messed up his order I think xD He didn't count drops after that.

Ditto. Thats the best thing to do ^^

Make them suffer for their manipulation!

[viasta]

I hate counting, it's like worse than doing long math problems that's super complicated. I just pick it up, I get what I get

[Loveless]

This is why I don't party...

And in most cases I'm the "odd one" in the party... so I get the drops I want anyway cause the rest are nice.

[Hyper]

I only try it in AoE parties if a fighter drop is dropped.

Most people don't follow the drop-to-class rule. =\