Looting Rant

[kandrathe]

This would be a good topic to build a FAQ for and sticky. As a techie I live in the world of TLA's (three letter acronyms for you humans), but I find the abundance of them in WOW annoying. I mean it makes perfect sense that in an FVF raid some NE spammed AOE until OOM.

So, what are BOP and BOE explained for the novice?
Bind on Pickup -- Means if a rogue grabs a wand the mage gets angry.
Bind on Equip -- Means anyone can grab it and it can be moved around later.

How do you roll manually?
/random <X> [Y]: Generates a random number between X and Y, if Y isn't specified, then it will generate a number between 1 and X. Most often /random 100 is used.

So far I've been in only one group with FFA and I didn't like it so I left it. Most of the time the people I party with are courteous, if not I tell them I have to go and help them make their way to safety, then hearthstone home. In a way, it seems much like other MMO games in that if you want good loot and fairness you party with known people. If you are willing to settle for only the experience gained then do random pickup groups.

I think there are getting to be enough Lurkers around online consistently to start to form some parties and avoid the unguilded masses. We should be tolerant of those whose partying skills are not yet great, but who's hearts are in the right place and are willing to learn.