How is loot distributed in groups?

"T. Voges" <elvoges.DeleteThis@web.de> wrote in message
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> Mulehead schrieb:
>> If you group up with a couple other players to take down a monster or a
>> mob or monsters, do they still drop loot like when you kill them by
>> yourself? How does the loot get distributed?
>
> Iirc, everytime the mob drops an item, it will be given to a member of the
> group by random. The money is divided by the number of players in your
> group, every player gets the same cash.
>
> *TV*

Excellent, thanks for the info. Does it work the same if you die? Last night
I joined with a few other players in Mithra's tomb. We did OK for a little
while, but eventually we all died. I don't remember any critters dropping
anything. Is all the selecting and looting stuff done automatically?

Also after I released to my bindstone the game said I was too far away from
the group to get any benefits. Did I get anything out of Mithra's tomb?
 >> Stay informed about: How is loot distributed in groups? 

Auto loot is indeed a feature of DAoC as of a December patch.

The group leader can toggle on /autoloot and all loot that drops within
a certain radius of the leader will be autosplit among the group.
If you have a straggler who kills a mob outside of that radius a bag
will appear and he'll need to loot it manually. The autoloot feature is
terrific and really speeds up dungeon crawls from what I've seen.


Not sure why the above poster is off talking about dying and releasing
and exp, but anywho...
 >> Stay informed about: How is loot distributed in groups? 

Mulehead schrieb:
>
> Excellent, thanks for the info. Does it work the same if you die? Last night
> I joined with a few other players in Mithra's tomb. We did OK for a little
> while, but eventually we all died. I don't remember any critters dropping
> anything. Is all the selecting and looting stuff done automatically?
>
> Also after I released to my bindstone the game said I was too far away from
> the group to get any benefits. Did I get anything out of Mithra's tomb?
>
>

You (or anyone else in the group) have to select and loot manually in
your group(and it doesn´t matter who selects and loots). If you die
before looting, the loot will stay for some time on the ground and then
disappear. Automatic looting isn´t a feature of DAoC.

If you´re fighting in a group, you´ll get a bonus of your group-leader,
if he´s of a higher level than yourself (i.g. always make the highest
char groupleader with /makeleader NAME!). And for that bonus you´ll have
to be in range to this leader. If you die and release and your char will
be released in a different town than the rest of the group, you won´t
get any experience until you get back close to your group.

And you´ll always get xperience AND money out of a battle, if you a)
survive, b) select&loot and c) stay close to your group

*TV*
 >> Stay informed about: How is loot distributed in groups? 

Aerichidle ML10 Champ Devon Cluster schrieb:
> Auto loot is indeed a feature of DAoC as of a December patch.
>
> The group leader can toggle on /autoloot and all loot that drops within
> a certain radius of the leader will be autosplit among the group.
> If you have a straggler who kills a mob outside of that radius a bag
> will appear and he'll need to loot it manually. The autoloot feature is
> terrific and really speeds up dungeon crawls from what I've seen.
>
>
> Not sure why the above poster is off talking about dying and releasing
> and exp, but anywho...
>

Hm...maybe this patch (what version?) isn´t released in europe
yet...didn´t know that this feature is/will be available, but your
description sounds really good )

*TV*
 >> Stay informed about: How is loot distributed in groups? 

Yeah I just returned again to the game after 5 months off. (Reclaiming
real life again, etc.) I found this feature to be very nice today when
I went to kill Bres and pick up my champ weapon. The momentum was
different if that makes any sense.... we didn't even have to think
about looting, just kill and move.
 >> Stay informed about: How is loot distributed in groups?