Rolling need for your companion

First, I absolutely never roll on things I don't need. OTOH, if you were there at the fight, you took equal 'risk' of a wipe, gear-repair, etc. and you have, by the dint of your efforts, the right to roll for the gear. Even if it's just greed. Even if you roll 'need' when it's just 'greed.'

You were there. You earned a piece of that pie. You have an equal right.

Like I said, I choose not roll on things I don't need. But that's my choice in the social convention that I consider 'good manners.' But those are my good manners and I'm not going to impose them on others.

However, there is another side to it. And this side says, really, it's not wrong to roll on things because, by being in the fight, you EARNED YOUR CHANCE to get what dropped and only because there was some RANDOM SERVER ROLL giving you junk you're now getting shafted by the dev. Why shouldn't someone take it and sell it for the credits to repair? I see no adult reason to get bent about it... Sure, I see the 6-year-old-law-of-the-sandbox-inflexible-morality reason. But not an adult "Hey, we all worked hard, we all get an equal shot" and what happens, happens and what choices people make regarding loot rolls are the ones they make.

If you have a problem, as far as I've ever been concerned, it should be with the developers. They should put individually-bound tokens in these chests. Let you trade them in for the goods you want. Some MMOs do it that way. Everyone gets a token. You get enough of them and you trade them in for your sword, armor, blaster, whatever...

I will say, on the third hand, if you'd established the agreed-upon rules at the beginning and he/she violated them... You have every right to be upset. He/she breached his/her word and is an untrustworthy jerk.

But without rules clearly established from the beginning -- equal rolling rights for all. Even if it's just vendor trash in one person's hands and a life-saver in anothers.

Perhaps you should only ever do FPs with friends. Problem solved. I am not going to change what I do because you don't like it. Better get used to this kind of play or like I said, only ever play with friends.

I never roll for a companion. Players come first even those in your PUG ; The only real way for Bioware to actually combat this problem is to make it easier to get companion gear.

Perhaps have a companion vendor which sells Legendary(modable) gear for companions just like there are alternative looks vendors. Have this gear linked to their Affection rating (better looking gear requires more affection). All you have to do is get the companion to say 2500/3000 affection and you can get customizable gear for em.

POOF!

No reason you should be rolling on gear in raids/flashpoints etc from this point on unless the piece of gear isn't wanted by anyone. (everyone rolls Greed)

No it was not. Your opinion of ninja'ing loot is not correct. PLEASE know what you are talking about beforehand.

How could this even happen anymore?? The loot that drops is associated with the person or group of persons who killed it.. Not to mention that other than for world bosses everything is instanced to the group.

Oh rly... Comment like this from the "PROs" just make me want to weyt my knick knicks...

I think that the people getting bent-out-of-shape over the use of the term "ninja" are revealing something about themselves without intending to do so...

Well then Mr. Ninja...What's it called? =)

Offtopic a bit but I had to butt in here. It's a board for a SF game, and I feel you missed an excellent opportunity to use a SF meme here. "On the third hand" would normally be "On the gripping hand". Look it up, keyword Niven :-P

I'll let y'all get back to this pointless flamewarring now, just had to bring in a bit of fandom.

So I go to work during the day, while my wife is staying home cooking, cleaning, looking after the kids etc. Should the company pay my wife for making my life easier?

Flash point = your job.
Companion = your wife.

Your companion helps you level, but doesn't contribute to the flash point. No contribution = no pay.