Ask Elb: PUG Loot Rolling Etiquette

posted this on March 4th, 2011.
Categorized as Ask Elb, etiquette, loot, pug.

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Yajard asks:

I was curious on the proper etiquette for rolling on items for PUGs.  I recently participated in a turtle raid with a roll/pass loot setting.  The raid itself was quite successful, and the raid managed to finish off the turtle in one go.  Naturally, this being the second time I did it, I was still pretty excited to complete it with minimal deaths!  Once everyone was revived, the leader looted the chest, and there happened to be a 1st age item I could use!  There were a few other champs in the raid of the same class, so I knew I may not get it, but it was cool to have the opportunity to roll on it.  Once the rolls finished, it turned out a captain won the roll….  I was totally confused and frustrated.  I thought maybe the captain by-mistake may have rolled on it, since he seemed rather out of it at the time.  While I was still pondering and vocally asking the others in the raid why a captain got a champ 1st age, a few members of the raid forgot to loot the chest for their tokens.  Being the nice person that I am and still being in the room, I invited them back in.  The captain was one of those people and also another champ.  It turned out, after questioning the captain when I invited him back, that he rolled on it for his kinmate, the champ I reinvited back in.  This does not seem right to me.  I had two of my own kinmates in the PUG and did not ask for them to roll for me.  Am I correct in assuming that this is frowned upon?  Other than grouping with people you know, there’s not much I can think of that would avoid this kind of situation unfortunately.  Perhaps changing the loot rules could help prevent this?

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PUG, Prepare for the worst!

posted this on December 31st, 2009.
Categorized as class, General, grouping, Hobbit Rage, New Player Advice, pick up group, pug, roles.

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Throughout MMOs player interaction has created stereotypes and euphemisms that transcend gaming and enter into the vocabulary of the general public. As Goldenstar points out in “Newb vs Noob“, players of all sorts come together and often things can get hairy! These groups formed from chat requests and /lff channels can be united under one name…

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