> From: jhenders@...

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>
> Personally I also hate letting items go to waste, but it at least fits
> in with Verant's appearant philosophy of keeping items rare
> by any means
> possible. If they didn't have the items no drop, they'd
> probably cut the
> spawn of items even more to assure that everyone didn't have one.

I also think they implemented the "NO DROP" flag to minimize the amount of
"farming" & "harvesting" of items. Without it, you know that there would be
people camping quest item spawns and then attempting to sell the items. "NO
DROP" isn't the perfect solution, but I consider it to be the lesser of two
evils. In fact, from what I understand of the game mechanics I don't think
they could come up with an ideal solution without a major overhaul of the
entire system. Also, in a FRPG milieu, it makes perfect sense to keep
certain items rare and unique - unfortunately, most people consider it their
birthright to eventually own these particular items simply because they
exist - and they'll go to great lengths to obtain them. If every rare item
was dropped all the time, it would just be a matter of time before everyone
in the game had the best equipment (for their class) with little regard for
level.

Desmei Sightblinder
Lvl 30 Bard [Povar]