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Group Looting

Group Looting

Overview

Group Looting in Star Wars is a variety of methods for how players in Star Wars Galaxies can distribute loot. These systems will allow the group leader to determine what type of looting system his group will use.

Terminology

Looting Rights - determines which player(s) can loot an item

Loot Distribution - determines the method by which looting rights are determined

Party - a non-persistent group of players usually formed for relatively short periods of time and with a set purpose such as adventuring, resource gathering, etc. The minimum group size is 2 players and the maximum group size is 20 players.

Settings -There are 3 settings for group looting. These settings can only be set by the group leader. The party members will see by the icon near their names which setting has been chosen, and they will be notified every time the settings are changed:

Free-for-All - the first person in the party who clicks the item gets it. This is the current default method for Star Wars Galaxies. In a free-for-all loot distribution setting, the loot is placed in the backpack of the first person in the party that has looting rights to loot the item. If the character does not have enough room in his backpack to hold the item the item remains where it is and the player receives a message about their backpack being full, and the item stays on the corpse. Once the item is successfully removed from the corpse the entire party is informed via system message of who looted, and what item was looted.

Master Looter - The party leader chooses a player in the group to be the master looter (party leader is the master looter by default). This player is the only one who has looting permissions on the creatures that the group kills. The Master Looter can easily be identified by the Icon next to their name. If the master looter loots an item, but does not have enough room in his backpack to hold the item the item remains where it is and the player receives a message about their backpack being full. Once the item is successfully removed from the corpse the entire party is informed via system message of who looted, and what item was looted.

Lottery - The lottery system allows players to vie for which items they would like. A player can choose to pass on an item or to be included in the roll for it. When a corpse gets looted by anyone in the group, every member gets a window showing the list of item(s) on the corpse. Each player can either click on the individual items to bid or pass on them. Each party member can also choose, "Select All" which automatically places a bid for them for each item on the list. If no action is taken within 30 seconds by a player, the system automatically passes for them and they are no longer in contention for the item(s) on the corpse. If the player who wins the Lottery on an item does not have enough room in their inventory, they receive a message telling them their inventory is full, and the item stays on the corpse until someone else tries to loot it again. Once the item is successfully removed from the corpse the entire party is informed via system message of who looted, and what item was looted.