Rolling need for your companion

Because SWTOR has the worst community ever and Companion Looters (CLs) are pretty much the proof of that. See, they don't like anyone and pretty much becomes a burden on the rest of the community. If you hate SWTOR and want it to fail, then please be my guest and continue rolling Need for your companions.

MMOs are all about cooperation. If you wanted to just play with yourself and your companions then there are better and cheaper single-player games out there. And when you join a group, it is pretty much a given that you are there to cooperate with all these other people towards a common goal.

And that extends to the loot because that never would have dropped just for you. It dropped for your group. It did not exist in a vacuum and all of a sudden you just stop cooperating when it comes to the rewards that the group earned. That's just being selfish. When you roll Need for a companion you're saying that noone else in the group matters except you.

You're already fighting against the game for these loot with the randomness and now you have to fight against your own team? Who would want to group up in that scenario. I know for me, the existence of Companion Looters have lessened my wanting to keep playing. Or at least grouping up with random people.

Not only that but Companion Looters are being short-sighted when they roll Need for their companions. Not only are they cheating their current group out of an immediate performance gain, they are also cheating every group that guy they stole from will ever join.

You can't just say that because you helped in the group that everything that drops in it should be yours. You cooperate with others by only rolling Need on what your character can use and Greed for everything else. Not only will you be helping your current group perform better, you are also helping all the groups that guy will join in the future to perform better.

And that's pretty much one of the things you can do that will lead to a good community. When everyone pitches in and gives to others rather than being selfish and only thinking of their own advancement. Why even play an MMO if you're not going to participate in the community? Doesn't make a lick of sense. All I'm hearing from this arguments is "What about me? Me? Me?!" When the question should be "What about Us?" It's not like you're never going to see these other people ever again. Some of them you'll be leveling with all the way to the cap. Keep in mind that some people can really hold a grudge. It might not matter in the long run but some feelings can last a lifetime even when the actual reason has long been forgot.

Also, if Bioware really wanted companions to be an integral part of your character then they shouldn't have made them count against the total number in a group. A full group would then consist of 8 characters, 4 players and 4 companions. That's the only situation rolling Need for a companion in a full group actually come close to making sense. And even then, priority on players before lousy A.I. who couldn't even run out of AoE if their lives depended on it.

Furthermore, for those defending Companion Looter behavior they should be the ones to announce at the start of the group that they roll Need for their companions. Otherwise, they are just thieves.

Given the role that companions play in solo play, it makes perfect sense to roll need for their upgrades. Sorry this bugs you, but that's the way it is. Only way to fix it is to marginalize companions.

Didn't the anti-LFD crowd promise us that the "community" would self-police and handle this?

Therefore, we don't need any special loot rules. We've been assured it won't become a problem.

Fail.

Your companion has no role whatsoever in any flashpoint or Warzone.

Except for the fact that you can upgrade your companions with quest rewards that you do solo... when you are actually using your companion. There is no reason to roll need on gear if you are not going to equip it on your character.

Companions ARE your character.

I am astounded at the majority view in this thread. It's very selfish. I may have to grudgingly adapt, because it completely defies common sense.

This is true. In time folks will come around to seeing this and this issue will not be as big of a problem as people are making it out to be now.

If someone needs on it and I could use it for a companion, I will pass on item every time. If everyone is greeding on it and I can use it for a companion, I ask as quickly as I can if I can need on it for companion before timer expires. This is just common courtesy/decency.

RL player needs > my companion needs. People need to leave the bad behavior back in that 'other' game where it belongs.

It alright with you all if I roll need for Reverse Engineering? I need the materials.

This is not "bad behavior". This isn't rolling for an alt, or for an offspec, or trying to ninja gear for reverse engineering or to be a jerk. This is rolling for a definative improvement of your overall character. You can't compare this to the "other game" because I can't even think of one mainstream mmo that has companion characters like they do in this game. It's a completely new paradigm. And you wanna talk about "ettiquette"? For goodnesses sake think outside the darn box.