Yeah, my initial reaction was "great! will stop the jerks and ninjitsu!", but when you think about it, this removes all incentives for people to bring randos to pugs. Most of the incentive was removed by flexible scaling (so you don't want to bring carries as they actually hurt you) and this removes whatever remained.
IMO, if someone goes to the trouble to create a PUG raid and leads it competently, they should be allowed to reserve whatever loot they want as long as they do it clearly, in writing, before the raid begins.
Seems to me this change is intended to reduce support costs, not to stop ninjas or provide a better play experience. And I believe it will not be reverted.
Last edited by Schizoide; 2016-07-19 at 04:05 PM.
There is no Bad RNG just Bad LTP
I mean, it'll only take 2 months from now to prove what I'm saying. I lead 13/13n pugs from week 3 on and 13/13h pugs from week 5 on. Nobody complained about me reserving one piece of loot, because they were more happy to actually get content done then fuck around with these scrub pugs that barely get past reaver
Sylvaeres-Azkial-Pailerth @Proudmoore
I mean, they may not revert it. But I doubt it. No sane person is going to put together a full EN or NH clear without the ability to reserve one piece, especially in a 30 man format. I wonder how the Gul'dan mount will play into this, cause I'll certainly be leading raids on him to sell the mount
Sylvaeres-Azkial-Pailerth @Proudmoore
Nice change tbh. The ridiculous level of reserving items was one reason I didn't pug raid on alts this expansion.
What needs to be in place is if you use LFG tool to get members for your group you are automatically banned from master loot regardless if you have 75% guild group. to be allowed to master loot you should NOT be allowed to use the grouping tools period it should be that you create your group totally without its aide.
True PUGs tend to be personal loot, sure. But those are much less successful than when you get a core bunch of skilled guildmates together who need a couple people to fill out the ranks for a raid. Those are the "pugs" you actually want to join, assuming you don't enjoy wipefests on easy content, and those are never, ever, personal loot.
Looking at the overall picture, I see more pros than cons. What weights heavies imo is the fact that it makes it harder to sell boosts, and make the gear go out to the people who rightfully earned it- and not to the ones that paid the most G/rl currency.