Selecting need for loot

Now I'm just curious...

Running Black Talon on my Agent (Medium Armor Class), a Black Talon Marauder Tunic drops (Medium Armor Adaptive Chest Armor with +STR Mods)...not only do I need that piece of armor for the look and adaptive armor, I want it!

However, that said, the mods would of course be switched out.

What's the ruling? You can obviously use the item, and the replacing of mods is going to happen to anyone who rolls for it anyways.

If i did the same flashpoint 30-40 times in the hopes of getting an item then i must clearly be stock raving mad when I could just go hunt for an item thats even more powerful or complete other missions that will allow me to purchase a more powerful item. Theres no way i would do the same mission that many times in the hopes of getting one specific item...

Came across two flashpoints yesterday where I was verbally talked down to by a gamer each time for winning loot for my companion. I dont understand the big deal. Why the sense of entitlement over another gamer? If I see an item that would be needed for my companion to equip im going to roll for it. If someone else wins it, cool, good for them as far as im concerned. If i win it f, suddenly there are problems.
First flashpoint came across an item, i passed as neither i nor my companions needed it, Second one selected need for my tank. Got it. Third one, great for my tank, selected need, got it again. Then got told I was scum and voted off.
Second one, passed on two items, third one great for my tank, selected need and was told I had no right if it was for my companion and that I cant select need. I say why not? Out of 13 loot drops in that flashpoint i chose need on 2. How is that greedy?

As far as im concerned, im a paid subscriber. Why should some other gamer dictate to me what I can or cannot do to benefit them? If someone wants help on a mission or flashpoint and asks me, ill have no problem helping them but if i see something my tank needs, im selecting need. Im certainly not going to cry over it if someone else wins it. This sense of entitlement over someone else is baffling. There is no rulebook in the game that states that you cant do it and everyone who rolls for it has an equal chance

OP is either a troll or a dishonest little Sh*t. He is gaming t he system and knows it. Common etiquette is the Need for your toon's upgrade, greed everything else. Those are the basic rules. If you ask if you can need prior to the FP then everyone knows the new rules. People like the OP don't say they want new rules at the start specifically so they can hit need and auto win that particular item because everyone else hit greed.

Now I'm just curious...

Running Black Talon on my Agent (Medium Armor Class), a Black Talon Marauder Tunic drops (Medium Armor Adaptive Chest Armor with +STR Mods)...not only do I need that piece of armor for the look and adaptive armor, I want it!

However, that said, the mods would of course be switched out.

What's the ruling? You can obviously use the item, and the replacing of mods is going to happen to anyone who rolls for it anyways.

If you explained at the begging you wanted said item for looks, I'd probably be ok with it, if no one was in desperate need of the stats.

The better question is, if I am a Vengence Juggernaut and use the same stats as a Marauder, would we both roll need on the same items even though one uses heavy armor and the other medium? To me I'd say yes, because 99% of players rip the mods out of shells and I can use the mods just as much as the other player.

Several times this has been brought up on the forums and no one has given a legit reason as to why it's not OK.

wait a minute, wait a minute. so your opinion is mature and people who disagree with you are childish and entitled?

ok then.

people have explained to you already why its not a good thing to do, for multiple reasons. you simply refuse to listen. don't be surprised when your flashpoint queues start taking longer and longer to pop then.

im guessing they asked the group first? Nothing wrong with wanting the cake and eating it too if the rest of the group confirms they are okay with it.

You could have chosen to roll for greed but you chose to roll need - automatically denying everyone who used greed for what it is for.. That is the action of a selfish person. And to then say that for others to deny you the right to deny them is extremely entitled is the height of hypocrisy.