01-16-2004, 02:51 PM
As far as I know, the system isn't used everywhere. So if you're in a town, you'll see everyone and be able to do anything MM there, or throughout the various open lands. I'm not sure how often this system is used, but it sounds to me like it's limited to the Dungeon Crawl type areas.
Gamespy has a running article up, and it includes some interesting information about the treasure system. On screen, you only see items that you can pick up. Other loot simply does not exist according to your computer. Quest items multi-spawn (so people can do quests together and not get screwed on the reward), and party-members not in the quest will never see the item. The three modes of the loot system determine how the rest of the treasure is split up. "Free for All" - first person to "click" the monster gets it. "Round-Robin" - party members split turns getting items". "Master Looter" - one person gets everything and can divide it himself.
I'm still curious at how this will interact when parties meet up with each other, that's when real problems can occur.
Gamespy has a running article up, and it includes some interesting information about the treasure system. On screen, you only see items that you can pick up. Other loot simply does not exist according to your computer. Quest items multi-spawn (so people can do quests together and not get screwed on the reward), and party-members not in the quest will never see the item. The three modes of the loot system determine how the rest of the treasure is split up. "Free for All" - first person to "click" the monster gets it. "Round-Robin" - party members split turns getting items". "Master Looter" - one person gets everything and can divide it himself.
I'm still curious at how this will interact when parties meet up with each other, that's when real problems can occur.
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