Why are people like this??

Snark much?

Read much?

I do grab the spawn either while in combat or while the mob is cc'd. Already stated. It's the best ninja repellant extant.

That's if the spawn is there in the first place.

And you're not taking into account spawns like the High Savant: why yes, I can grab that objective while I'm fighting the objective and not having it wrested away by a game glitch and a bunch of thugs with no manners exploiting said glitch. Very different kind of ninja behavior going on there than in BH...

Ahhhhh. The very first time I've been trolled in these forums. I'll cherish this moment for minutes to come

I view ninja-looting is more of a game design problem because the game doesn't set players up to work together well. A ninja-looter might be someone who is just really impatient or a solo player that doesn't want to interact with other players. No need to be overly sanctimonious over it.

This is why my wife and I did NOT want to merge from our low pop server, too many jerks and rediculous respawn times.

I would just drag the mob over to some unsuspecting victim and let him kill it for me.

I actually wouldn't do that, but one could.

I think I'll just quote myself as Zooball just proved my point why this is a broken mechanic for MMO's

In Guildwars2 the clicky the douchers snatch while your fighting stay there for you or anyone else thats needs to click it or forage/pick it up.
Unlike this ****** game.

Lolwut?

This argument has been posted a few times in this thread and I personally think it's silly. People grabing a quest item while you're engaged in a fight is a game design issue? Seriously? This is the same as arguing that it's the gun that killed not the person that pulled the trigger. What a crock of BS.

Player behavior or misbehavior in this case is most certainly NOT a game design problem. The fact is that some players (some would say most) are self absorbed jerks who don't hesitate to grab that chest, mission object or whatever while you're occupied. You can try and spin that however you want including that it's the games fault but it doesn't change what is really just poor behavior.

By design. It's the only kind of open-world PvP the Hero engine can handle.

More seriously, yes, this is a game design issue. Having to compete against other players for quest resources is 1997. Some games being released in 2012 and 2013 seem to solve that.

Sadly this one was released in 2011, before that bit of creativity and tech was available, apparently.

Some nodes, granted not the ones in black hole, but some quest object nodes aren't usable while in combat. which means you have no choice but to finish killing the guard mob before using said item. guess what, node thieves aren't in combat while you're fighting, so they CAN click it and steal what is essentially your quest item node.

you think its bad now, wait until F2P hits.