0.10.3c Patch Notes

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zheavy wrote:

Hello, thanks for this patch, i think this will heavily improve the game in group play, whether with random people or a full premade of people. Can't wait to get see my friends online to test this out :)

Also, i have had this suggestion in mind a long time ago since a somewhat similar FFA loot system in an mmo i had previously played and i think a simple suggestion such as this would increase the stability of the system with no major overhaul. I will state my idea in an example:


Player A and player B in group together in the zone.
They kill a mob, an item drops with player A's name.
Player B clicks on it when it has player A's name.

-How it is now:
Considering player A did not click on the item, Player B's character will run to the item and pick it up as soon as the timer expires although he clicked the item when it had player's A name on it.

-my suggestion:
Considering Player A did not click on the item, Player B's character will run to the item and will not pick it up when the timer expires.
This means that player B can only loot player's A item by clicking on it AFTER the timer expires.

As you can see it's quite simple and will help improve both ends of the game. Public groups will have less "ninjaing". And premade groups will have less "missclick" issues or whatsoever. It's a win/win situation.

PS: i've written this before as a PM for a mod asking if i could post somewhere and this is my chance, so it's just a copy paste before this system was implented, but the idea is still the same except for the names/timers not appearing[just replace that with grey'ed out for player B instead:P /you get the picture ;)]


Would appreciate some feedback, thank you :)

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Phaeded wrote:

I completely disagree with that sort of approach. I don't believe that players should be penalized for having slow pings or for playing ranged vs. melee classes and vice versa, or even that they should be penalized for not having "fun" in the current loot system. Party leaders should simply be able to set the loot rules, period. Forcing players to play in one system or the other won't solve anything. By changing the IIR/IIQ rules based on the loot rules you'd be forcing people to play in the system with the higher IIR/IIQ. The logic behind this is simple: ARPG is all about the loot. That's why most players keep coming back and devoting ricockulous hours to this game. Leveling and finding better gear. If you say there is an advantage to getting better gear by playing one way or the other, the choice is pretty much removed. It's like the choice between eating rice cakes and carrot juice for every meal or eating gourmet food. Both will sustain you but one is far more "fun" than the other.

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Rufus82 wrote:

The developers have a vision for the game. They have to work out how best to hold true to the essence of their vision but also attract and retain enough players. I believe my suggestion helps this particular dilemma.

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1.Does the increased allocation duration help enough in terms of being able to grab items in time assuming you react quickly?

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Was it easier to read what items drop now that fewer are allocated and the size of the item hovers doesn't change?

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rampagingrabbit wrote:

Awesome! It's good to see you have increased the base timer but a bigger increase would have been even better.


This doesn't affect me the way it used to now since I am running 3 clients on my machine in same game so that I am guaranteed to get all my item drops.. as long as the client doesn't crash when I'm in a map and mess stuff up :(

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TheBuddhist wrote:

Having the names on the items made it a lot easier to know whose item it was. I play with a group of friends and now instead of saying hey _____ this was yours now its a process of going hey something dropped here.. well its not mine... then everyone has to say it wasn't theirs. Honestly its just frustrating for people who play with trustworthy people. Please have an option to show the names.