On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Ken Bachman wrote:

> them, I am quite comfortable with calling alpha loot
> order. I don't like FFA loot at all, for three reasons:
> 1) it cheats the spellcasters, who are too far from the
> action to get to loot the "good" bodies (plus I'd rather
> have them sitting on their tushies medding than running
> around madly trying to get their fair share of treasure);
> 2) nobody ever thinks that they're looting their fair
> share of FFA bodies; and 3) too many people leave the
> "junk" bodies behind, then mentally count them off against
> you if you choose to loot them yourself.

At higher levels, the primary concern is not becoming
encumbered with too much loot, so most people tend to just
loot what they need which is why FFA works. At least I
haven't met anyone past about level 30 that went on a looting
binge when it was declared FFA. In fact, I've noticed we tend
to have a lot of corpses rot on us unlooted when it's FFA -
nobody wants to pick up the extra weight. Looting out of
order was a pretty big problem at lower levels though. One
guy I was grouped with immediately looted anything with a
weapon whether or not it was his turn, then began complaining
he was encumbered. Needless to say, that group didn't last
long.

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John H. Kim
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