Shiny!

Five players walk in to a dungeon through the LFG tool, let’s say it is AN, and things go failrly smoothly. The usual greens drops and people are rolling for disenchant, trash is dying, it seems like it will be a fairly smooth run.....

And then something new pops up in the loot roll window.

It’s new...it’s shiny...it’s a Pot O’ Gold, it can be used as an off-hand for +23 luck and +12 intellect or it can be vendored for 15,000 gold.

What’s a dungeon group to do?

There’s a moment before people roll where the group could have a discussion about whether to Need or Greed. They could discuss the stats and the vendor value. They could reach an agreement together. They don’t have that discussion.

Here’s what happened:

One passed - no one is clear why but I’m sure when he got home and looked around his shack on the wrong side of Redridge he kicked himself.

Four rolled Need.

A warrior wins the roll and they finish the dungeon.

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Later the same day the warrior’s GM gets a series of tells from a mage who was in the group accusing the warrior of ninjaing the Pot O’ Gold. He complains that because warriors do not need +12 intell he should have passed. The GM talks to the mage about the value of the object and the fact that it wasn’t a case where everyone Greeded and the warrior waited until they were done to roll Need - no indeed! 4/5 Needed!

The mage continues to use the word “ninja” and won’t leave it alone. The GM then makes a discreet call and the mage’s body is later found rotting in Un Goro. The general theory is he was farming for little dinosaur pets and took on more than he could handle. He is not missed much. The GM is tired of stupid whispers.

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True story. Almost. Substitute Battered Hilt for Pot O’ Gold and Shaman for Warrior and you’ve about got the picture. This little mage was very upset about the “ninjaing”. Unfortunately for him it really just came across as being a sore loser in a fair roll. I’m sure there are people out there who say that since there was only a slim chance the Shammie would want the weapon he should have passed or Greeded...I’m going to guess those are the same people who have lost a roll on it.

In my opinion the ridiculous value of the Battered Hilt as something of a vanity weapon (not to say the stats aren’t nice but come on...it’s more about bragging rights) that will be quickly replaced makes it fair game for anyone in the dungeon. Honestly, if I was in a random group and it dropped I would try to have a quick conversation and encourage everyone to Need on it. If there was a mix of Need/Greed I would probably Need myself. Lark could use weapon - use as in equip and have appropriate stats not use as in OMG that’s an upgrade! - but the 15k would go a long ways towards repairs for progression wipes and my little priest would finally have epic flying.