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Thaedan (Anonymous)Thu 19-Apr-18 08:14 AM
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#70526, "RE: Serious question..."


          

Many (not all) players see it as punitive.

Gear isn't the only thing that matters in CF, but it's important. Starting from scratch obligates you to spend some amount of time gathering basic stuff, with the end result being inferior to where you were at before the loot. When someone puts you in that situation without deriving any personal benefit from it, it often means they're doing it expressly to inconvenience you. That is, to be punitive.

People differ on what the "benefit threshold" is past which looting becomes punitive. What if I'm taking a piece of gear to give to a friend? Give to a fellow cabal member? Sell for gold? Give to Tahren? Etc.

Personally, I err on the side of not looting unless the person has something I'm planning to wear or that I know I can trade to someone else for something I want.

To some extent this is self-serving. For one, it makes people less likely to loot me when I die. But, also, it makes people more willing to fight me and more willing to not be ultra-conservative, because they know they won't lose all their gear if they miscalculate and die.

  

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HOT TopicSerious question... [View all] , Relio, Wed 18-Apr-18 10:19 PM
Reply RE: Serious question..., Famine, 23-Apr-18 04:51 PM, #28
Reply Back in my day...., polmier, 20-Apr-18 11:44 AM, #22
Reply Sweet sweet pit loots! , Demos, 20-Apr-18 02:52 PM, #23
Reply RE: Serious question..., Umiron, 19-Apr-18 09:06 PM, #18
Reply What about sac lag? (it only has an indirect effect on ..., Calion, 20-Apr-18 04:13 AM, #19
     Reply No, Kstatida, 20-Apr-18 04:36 AM, #20
          Reply Ok. Your stance is clear., Calion, 20-Apr-18 06:51 AM, #21
               Reply RE: Ok. Your stance is clear., Kstatida, 21-Apr-18 01:44 PM, #24
               Reply K-ditty is right on this one. Loot/sac should stay. nt, Saagkri, 23-Apr-18 01:23 PM, #25
                    Reply And... it would. Only you'd sac with a bit of lag. n/t, Calion, 23-Apr-18 02:46 PM, #26
                         Reply I know. Just wanted to say K-ditty nt, Saagkri, 23-Apr-18 04:21 PM, #27
Reply RE: Serious question..., Thaedan (Anonymous), 19-Apr-18 08:14 AM #12
Reply RE: Serious question..., incognito, 19-Apr-18 06:52 AM, #10
Reply Like any tool..., Saagkri, 19-Apr-18 05:28 AM, #8
Reply RE: Serious question..., robdarken_, 19-Apr-18 04:03 AM, #7
Reply RE: Serious question..., Fdialke, 19-Apr-18 02:20 AM, #6
Reply RE: Serious question..., Jormyr, 19-Apr-18 01:58 AM, #5
Reply I mean I sort of got denied..., Tac, 19-Apr-18 11:19 AM, #15
Reply You're wrong., Matrik-, 19-Apr-18 12:06 AM, #4
Reply Same reason censorship is bad, Mcbeth, 18-Apr-18 11:11 PM, #3
Reply I've always thought there should be lag associated with..., Cointreau, 18-Apr-18 11:01 PM, #2
Reply Yeah., Calion, 19-Apr-18 05:49 AM, #9
     Reply I mostly agree, incognito, 19-Apr-18 06:58 AM, #11
          Reply This already happens, Murphy, 19-Apr-18 08:45 AM, #13
          Reply RE: This already happens, incognito, 19-Apr-18 12:29 PM, #16
               Reply Nope, the worst thing about it is, Murphy, 19-Apr-18 06:54 PM, #17
          Reply RE: I mostly agree, Thaedan (Anonymous), 19-Apr-18 09:02 AM, #14
Reply Because it’s super entertaining for the Imms to ..., TJHuron, 18-Apr-18 10:57 PM, #1
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