Please, Don't Roll on Items for Another Class in Your Team

In a nutshell, yes. I am starting to think they are just eloquently trolling and I am bored at work so I am allowing myself to BE trolled. I manage to gear my companion pretty decently from solo content and the GTN. Rolling need for her (Kaliyo) doesn't really cross my mind in groups. If a thing with her stats did drop and there wasn't a BH in the group I would ASK if it was OK to need it for her. And if not, I would be fine with the luck of the greed roll. And if I REALLY wanted that piece for her I would offer to buy it from whoever did win it if they weren't going to use it. Alt rolls? Same thing. But in the world they are trying to create, just NEED on everything, if a companion cant use it you may have an alt that can. Or you may make one someday.

I mean really, do the basic rules of life need to be taught here? Sharing? Doing the right thing is it's own reward, folks, and karma is a m*******cker.

Nice way to misquote me there. So let's put down what I actually said in its entirety with the portion you quoted:

Sort of blows your attempted deconstruction of my perspective out of the water now, doesn't it?

Context matters.

What more of a definition do you require?

If you need the item, you roll need.
If you do not need it, but would like it, you roll greed,
if you have no use for it all, you pass.


Is there something there you do not understand?

Why would you ask? Don't let them dictate how you play the game! Right?

Define "need"

Need before greed system was originally created for older games where there really were only 2 real reasons why you might want to have item.

1. You want the item because it you can use it and it is better than what you currently have
2. You want to sell it to vendor for some game currency

Without offspecs, companions or modifiable gear that simple system was pretty good, even though millions of people did not follow it, and need rolled everything, at least everyone knew that how it was intended was 1=need and 2=greed as there really were no other possibilities.


Now in modern games we have at least 10 possible reasons to want the item

1. You want the item because it you can use it on your main character and it is better than what you currently have
2. You want the item because it makes you look pretty. The stats are crap, but you can replace the mods in it to fix that
3. You want the item, even though you cant use the item itself, you can use some of the mods in it
4. You want the item for your companion
6. You want a BoE item for an alt
7. You want a BoE to trade it to another player for various reasons
8. Item is not upgrade for your current spec and role, but you want to have it for another spec (even though there is no dual spec in this game (at least not yet) you may still want to roll for another spec if you plan to re-spec "soon")
9. You want to sell the item to vendor for a small amount of credits
10. You want the item for some other reason that I cant think of right now.

So now that we have 10 possible reasons want an something instead of just 2, it is not as clear anymore when we still have only 2 types of rolls. And there is no clear implications at all anywhere as to which of these belong to which category of rolls.

Why would you ask? Don't let them dictate how you play the game! Right?

You've already stated you are unwilling to change your standpoint and everyone should just not group with you. I see no point in continuing to debate anything with you.

Nope - but obviously, ppl need to be able to read your mind and know what loot rules you would prefer to use if they group with you, because you sure as heck are not going to speak up and let them know.

/rolls her eyes