Rolling need for your companions in flashpoints, acceptable or loot ninja?

Get it on the alt, companions are NOT alts, even if they are not there fighting.

Your ALT will need to do the flashpoint, your companion will NEVER do the flashpoint.
Don't be stupid use your head, companions deserve rolls for items too.

Every player wears two sets of items, that's how it works. Live with it.

It's pretty shady IMO. The difference is that in a dungeon, you probably won't be using companions. So by need rolling not only are you taking a great upgrade away from someone who can use it, but you're need rolling on it for a companion that wasn't even used in the group. It's lame.

Well, that didn't take long. I suspected this would be an issue since it appears BW made it so you could roll need on anything.

Here's some advice, since there's no LFG, start black-listing players for rolling on "companion" upgrades if you don't agree to it. If the server as a whole agrees with you, pretty soon that character won't be able to find groups on your sever.

Uh no. No moreso than you need gear for all your offspecs, and ALL your companions. By all means roll on what you can make use of instead of letting it be junked, but expect to be on your servers blacklist real quickly if youre taking gear from a groupmate for your companion or offspec.

There was a big thread about this pre-forum change. There was a pretty vocal minority saying that their companion is really just them, so they should feel free to roll need on things, and anyone who says otherwise is (lame, an idiot, crybaby, troll, etc).

I ran BT a few times in a row with the same two players, and we couldn't find a fourth, so we ran with my Kaliyo out. During the second run, I asked if it was ok to roll need on Aim gear for her, since she was dpsing the run. No one had any problems with it. Even though she was an active party member, it still felt odd to just need roll on stuff without asking.

I'd err on the side of courtesy and ask at the very least. I think it's totally reasonable to roll need on companion gear if your companion is running the flashpoint with the group. Otherwise, I see it like an alt.

TL;DR- Be nice, ask first.

It's only acceptable if the group agreed to it before the run.

Try pulling a stunt like that in a guild run and you will be kicked to the curb so fast your head will spin.

Basically IMO it is loot ninjaing and the community as a whole should frown upon it.

Why is it people complain when they think a game is not being played as an MMO and then those same people fail at social abilities. It is UP TO THE GROUP TO DECIDED. Plain and simple. If the group decides that they are only rolling on items that characters in the group can use then that is the rule. If the group agree to some draconian loot rule like "we can only roll on every third drop IF it is Tuesday"...so be it. The group establishes the rules ahead of time.

If the group fails to establish any rules ahead of time, then there are no loot rules except what is allow by the game mechanics. There is no reason to complain about the guy that looted for his companion if no rules were set...PERIOD.

Looting is a tricky subject. I would say that you should try to agree on a system before you start the flashpoint.

People > Companions.

Unless everyone is cool with it, I wouldn't NEED for a companion.