People who ninja for their companions

Its real easy to say when you don't feel compelled to back it up with any reasoning beyond "just because". And that's not what hes saying and if you can't grasp it, thats not his fault.

Then the label applies to both then because they are arguing for the very same thing: The ability to do what they want with the spoils.

I don't care how you run your groups nor are your personal practices relevant to the discussion.

Why does it matter?

Some encounters I cannot do without my companion, so they are vital to me.

Sorry, I wasn't picking on you there. I just used your comment as a springboard to show how hip and cool I am.

Such a thing can only be an issue, if the population is so low on the server that you remember every name as it logs in.

If it ever gets that low, loot rules will be the least of anyone's worries

People will earn a "name" for themselves. It happens in EVERY game. "Ninjas" will be shunned.

Eh, we had real ninjalooters in EQ. People who stole loot that other people earned... that other RAIDS earned.

There was a druid who ninja'd then off of someone's 10th coldain ring war. She name changed, but that was back when SoE tracked name changes and so it's not like she was able to escape her rep. Edit: That was during SoL or early PoP, so the stuff she stole was still relevant.

she was still in a guild when I stopped playing. I still saw her in pug groups in some of the zones I was in.

edit again: not shaman, druid and it was just the coldain ring war. The shaman I was thinking of ninja'd off of the AoW. I think they happened around the same time; I keep conflating them for some reason.

There was a druid who was well known for training. He had spent ages training people, especially in RM (hill giants). he was in a guild years later

really, some people vastly overestimate how much rep matters. even when you've got your name on the server PoMS list (piece of Monkey X list)

Many, many people form guilds or join guilds and similar associations so they can play with people of a like mindset. Things like loot distribution methods, usually play a large hand in this. Its why things like DKP are designed, implemented and adopted on a mass scale.

There are zero issues with the current loot system. The problem isn't with the game. Its a difference in opinion on how it should be handled. That right there should tell you to leave the current system alone and let the players sort it out for themselves.

Since the mob can't handle making real decisions on their own and for themselves, they will always appeal to an authority, or daddy figure, to come and make it better....for them of course.

Well, you can't ninja in this game. And the only players who would be a fault of bad behavior are the ones that accuse players of "ninjaing" when the rules were not discussed, or the ones that intentionally broke the rules. And I think everyone here is in favor of both of those parties being subject to any ramifications their actions lead to.

Im not using the term literally but in a figurative sense.