03-11-2006, 03:08 AM
Artega,Mar 10 2006, 07:02 PM Wrote:Sorry, I'd rather leave that to the random number generator. As Ynir said, everyone could use a few hundred gold (or more, depending on what it is), and that few hundred gold could buy an epic mount for someone who doesn't already have one.
The same argument could be made for blues and greens. By your argument, no one could claim a "need" on a blue item that could be useful to the person's class, because everyone in the raid could use the item for cash or large brilliant shards. For me, there's no difference whether the item is blue, green or purple. If a person will make good use of the item and will equip the item at that moment, that person can claim a need on the item. If a person would just sell the item on the AH, then they can only roll greed on the item if nobody in the party will use the item themselves. This is true for me whether it's a guild group or a pug, and I have enforced this rule in pug groups at least three times that I can recall.
If a purple item will not be used by anyone in the group, another option for a small group that trusts each other is simply to sell the item and divide the proceeds. This doesn't work well with larger raids, but in 5-man groups, it works well. I was in one 5-man LBRS group that found a Krol Blade almost a year ago, and we had the blade sold while we were in still in the dungeon (one of the guys knew someone who would pay the going rate for Krol blades).