No, You May Not Roll on Items for Another Class and Strip Out the Mods

And I could say the same, but the first one is the primary definition. The second as you pasted in also fits rather well with 1 and how the system works. The fourth doesn't even apply since the word is used in a different way. As in the cake was fair, or decent, or "ok" And as such due to being something based on opinion, STILL wouldn't fit. For something to be "fair" for all parties involved, it has to be impartial of ANYONE'S opinions.

What rules exactly?

While she is allowed to approach the game as a purely aesthetic approach - when she is grouping she is part of a team that is trying to succeed at the task at hand.

Loot in an MMO, at the core, is meant to increase your character stats/skills to make them able to take on bigger and better things. Can it be pretty too? Sure.

I do not group with the concept that I will be facilitating someone to play Barbie Dress-up to the detriment of everyone else in the group.

I would suggest that the broker would be a better avenue for your wife's playstyle than grouping.

Hilarious, been saying this from the start.

Could you give some examples of such priorities?

I mean, rolling need for looks, companions, or even to vendor don't clearly act to the detriment to the rest of the group any more than rolling for stats does. So clearly you must mean something else.

I don't see how it matters whether they can be trusted to act toward the common good or not.

You have a right to determine your priorities. It doesn't matter if those priorities are "get better stats" or "look like X" or whatever.

Then you act on those priorities. People who take the "get better stats" priority do not have any valid reason to expect people to defer to them as the correct priority.

Can you please tell me who's you're quoting here? I mean, that's what quotation marks mean. To me it just looks like you're putting words in other people's mouth...

I could just as easily argue that those who DO feel it's OK are being defensively voluble. Ultimately, however, trying to draw any such conclusions from the volume of posts here is an exercise in futility. Only a proper poll, 1 vote per subscription, would even come close to finding the actual weight of opinion involved. Only Bioware are in a position to do that.

PS: Given that it's harder to run multiple instances of SWTOR than WoW on the same machine, and the new-ness of the game, AND the built-in Companions, PLUS the lack of auto-attacks, I suspect that the proportion of multi-boxers here is going to be a lot lower, and consequently such a Poll is likely to be closer to "reality" than in many other games.

No, that's how you view it, that's how you feel it should go. If the rules agreed with you there would be no argument. If your group discusses this and agrees to that, no argument. But with just the system in place, and no discussion prior, that would be an attempt to force your view on others.

In your ultimate aim to get the gold it does make sense. But it also makes perfect sense for someone to forgo stats to enhance their looks. That they do, is, frankly, none of your business.

I'm a Sentinel who wears smuggler gear. The difference? I found it myself, bought it myself, made it myself, or checked with the group to see if I could need it before hitting need. Me obtaining all my gear has not pissed off a single person so far, because I took the time to make sure everyone's kosher with me nabbing it.

I have no idea how people take the risk of pissing off people by doing whatever they want.

That seems to be true for pretty much everyone.

Which is why myself and others have said several times, that the best thing to do, is to discuss it before hand and see what people think.

If 3 of the 4 in the group feel differently then you, then you know it's likely not the group for you. If 2 of the 4 agree with you (you being the 3rd) then it is. But the only way to know this for sure is to ask.