I haven't seen this discussion pop up and was wondering what other people thought about this. I think it would be great to see an option to allow loot to drop for all characters in a game. I realize not everyone would enjoy that, so perhaps it could be an option enabled within the game.
One of my favorite aspects of the Diablo series has always been seeing the loot that dropped not only for me but for my friends in the game.
Clearly this has already been implemented and is available in local co-op on the console, why not allow us to do it on the PC as well?
I think it would be cool if you saw the legendary drops that your friends got, maybe not the other items since that would get pretty cluttered eventually. A la 30 horadric caches.
This "let's see who has the best latency, is melee character, and gets all the drops" in D2 was always bugging us. As a wizard with a crappy Internet connection (56k modem, I guess many of you don't even know what this feels like) I had absolutely no chance of getting loot before the barbarian with his cable Internet got there. It works in a system of 100% trust, but sometimes it was really annoying.
The even bigger issue is that people will focus on loot rather than killing the enemy. Once something drops, all rush into the PlagueMoltenFrozenArcane circle of death to get their items rather than focusing on killing the mobs. As a small thank you gift, the rest of the pack will wipe your group.
You can share loot after you're done, even legendaries, but seriously, not everything in the good old D2 days was better. This change was requested by many, it was implemented eventually, and it will stay that way.
I do see how clutter could make it annoying, but as far as players tunnel-visioning and focusing on drops, this would certainly be an issue in public games if there was a competition for loot. I don't think personal loot is bad or ruining the game nor do I cling to a D2 feature without reason. I just think that if I am in a game with friends I trust, I wouldn't mind a little friendly competition for drops
I realize it's wishful thinking, but it would be fun if it was an option for those who wanted to enable it.
I haven't seen this discussion pop up and was wondering what other people thought about this. I think it would be great to see an option to allow loot to drop for all characters in a game. I realize not everyone would enjoy that, so perhaps it could be an option enabled within the game.
One of my favorite aspects of the Diablo series has always been seeing the loot that dropped not only for me but for my friends in the game.
Clearly this has already been implemented and is available in local co-op on the console, why not allow us to do it on the PC as well?
Thoughts?
I think it would be cool if you saw the legendary drops that your friends got, maybe not the other items since that would get pretty cluttered eventually. A la 30 horadric caches.
No. Absolutely 100% totally no.
This "let's see who has the best latency, is melee character, and gets all the drops" in D2 was always bugging us. As a wizard with a crappy Internet connection (56k modem, I guess many of you don't even know what this feels like) I had absolutely no chance of getting loot before the barbarian with his cable Internet got there. It works in a system of 100% trust, but sometimes it was really annoying.
The even bigger issue is that people will focus on loot rather than killing the enemy. Once something drops, all rush into the PlagueMoltenFrozenArcane circle of death to get their items rather than focusing on killing the mobs. As a small thank you gift, the rest of the pack will wipe your group.
You can share loot after you're done, even legendaries, but seriously, not everything in the good old D2 days was better. This change was requested by many, it was implemented eventually, and it will stay that way.
I do see how clutter could make it annoying, but as far as players tunnel-visioning and focusing on drops, this would certainly be an issue in public games if there was a competition for loot. I don't think personal loot is bad or ruining the game nor do I cling to a D2 feature without reason. I just think that if I am in a game with friends I trust, I wouldn't mind a little friendly competition for drops
I realize it's wishful thinking, but it would be fun if it was an option for those who wanted to enable it.