People who ninja for their companions

We will probably limit the 'need' button to only people who match the primary class the gear is meant for, and add a new button in between need and greed for players to choose if they intend the gear for these purposes - this will allow CC users to roll against each other without competing with the guy who wants to sell the gear for credits.

Did you even read this part? It literally nullifies your rant about winning gear by pure luck. Have fun not getting away with what you want when this gets implemented.

Yeah, this happened to me yesterday. 1 person rolled for need on biometric alloy and columni bracers for their pet(and they got both). I joked around but on the inside I was pissed off. This after waiting so long to finally get a group for BT HM.

I hope this settles things. Straight from a Dev's mouth:

On Monday last week, Principal Lead Systems Designer Damion Schubert jumped in on a discussion about need vs. greed in SWTOR, revealing that there will be changes to the current system in the future:

Need vs. greed isn't as simple in our game because of companions, as well as Orange Gear and mod extraction. We will probably limit the 'need' button to only people who match the primary class the gear is meant for, and add a new button in between need and greed for players to choose if they intend the gear for these purposes - this will allow CC users to roll against each other without competing with the guy who wants to sell the gear for credits.
I don't have a timeline on this for you guys right now, though - certainly not in the next major patch. In the meantime, I strongly recommend that players who care clearly decide the expected need/greed role behaviors ('no companion need rolling or you're out!') when a group is initially formed. In the meantime, I'll work on getting this feature in the works.

As much as it should settle things, you are going to have some folks quite resistant to having their troll fodder taken away. But...but....but...that doesn't say anything!!! And even if it does its going to be a LONG time before it happens!! Don't leave this thread I want to keep argueing!!!

No worries. They've also claimed we will be getting dual-spec at some point in the fairly near future so this debate will get replaced with the whole MS>OS (Main spec > Off-spec) discussion where once again people will try to tell others how to play and insist their opinion on a subject should be the default and any others with a differing view are wrong.

the bottom line is during flashpoints and operations, you will not have your companion to help with the group if the group is full. So with that being said, you have no right to loot gear for your companion if your companion is not helping. Doing so is just displaying your greed and lack of respect for others.

I just think some love this thread to troll their little hearts out..

1. If I help you complete a FP, I get to roll for loot.
2. How I roll is none of your business.
3. If I give winnings to my companions, is none of your business
4. If I sell my winning, it is none of your business.

If you really want the item I won, I'll sell it to you.

The main question...

1) Is companion part of you?

2) Even if your companion is part of you but did not contribute to the group, should companions have same priority is the the main avatars?

3) If companions have same priority as players, in theory everyone should roll need on everything? Thus what is the point of greed button?

So just to be clear, we all agree that we personally think the best priority is Player character > companion > credits.