03-02-2013, 08:44 PM
(03-02-2013, 05:32 AM)kandrathe Wrote: It feels much more like Diablo. A cadre of friends can group up 2, 3, 5 in a party and work together... I think max party size is five, but I don't know for sure. The good loot drops are designated to a specific player for about 30 seconds, so unless you are near the kill you'll miss the best loot and experience.
Party size is 6 from the player count for groups on the message boards. for example, players 3/6 level 14-16.
For the drops, only the 'higher' quality loot is set for specific players and it has a harsh short timer. Much less than the 30 seconds you are thinking. A developer post indicated that they were looking a timer of about 1 second if it was for a melee player and about 2 seconds for a ranged character so that they had a 'little' time to run over and pick up. From the run that Magi and I did with you last Sunday, it seemed like a little longer than 1 and 2 seconds; but definitely less than 3 seconds for ranged. I often saw the timers for Magi's or my loot run out before we could have gotten over there unless we stopped in the middle of fighting and bee lined to the drop to pick up.
Game designers notes on the loot dropping and some 600+pages of griping about it here. http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/392/page/1