I would prefer a system that hands out items based on the individual kill not on the team as a whole:

damage at certain points of the body affect the damage on the potential drop items:


from here the player is then assigned the item fairly.

This means those who did absolutely nothing the whole match or simply wasn't involved in the kill can not reap the rewards from your efforts. Something that would really **** me off if my forge gun kills downed vehicles.

well that does leave it open to people who attend and don't do anything, a couple of times I've gone afk a whole match (accident sometimes, sometimes not), It just doesn't sit well that someone who had no role in me downing the enemy gets my loot. in other mmo games, only those involved get to roll.

< forger gunner. means I would get vehicle loot. But I do get the odd infantry kill too ;) ;)

Did you even read my OP? I'm not suggesting salvagers on field, just that the loot pool come from the dead players instead of being random.

Try to think of the game as it will be, ie hisec/lowsec and then nullsec. Think about risk/reward.

It will always be random anyways, the bodies burn up mods are lost and you get what you get, it barely a change from the current system we already have which is fine except it needs tweeking so we get all mods dropsuit and vehicle mods

Do you know how Eve works?

What I'm suggesting is basically Eve but with some compromises for the lobby shooter that we play in Dust514.

While some things I agree would be nice like the loot table being generated from the enemy deaths I keep in my mind that the more complex a mechanic is something somewhere else must be made less complex since we are playing a console game not a PC based game like eve. The hardware limitations mean we all may have our wish list but we must remember the developers must allocate resources especially with what is soon last Gen hardware. So for me I can think of at least a dozen other areas where I would rather see hardware resources and developer time spent before launch, like maybe the number of players in a match or squad size or graphics enhancements rather than loot tables derived from reality.

Edit

Oh and since this thread is so important to the success of dust and therefore CCP I think it should be stickied and then a rule added to the forum rules that everyone should read this thread before posting any new threads of their own. I swear the success of dust and CCP absolutely depends on everyone reading this thread!

My edit is ALMOST as melodramatic as your thread title. :)

"the current loot system is a temporary stepping stone to what we'll get in future. of course it's not perfect, but it's better than nothing"

it's not a loot system.
jesus.


and the solution is simple:

if i kill you, and i get to your corpse in time and i "hit x to loot" and i don't get killed, then i get what you had in your kit at the time and you lose that gear from your inventory, permanently.

that's looting.

anything else is just console milk for the veal.

no i don't expect this game to be finished right now.

i do expect this game to be what they hyped it to be back way back before the betas started.

which it is not.

Peace
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This is about 2k of memory on the server side fwiw.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobytes

We like making you feel bad bro.

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I could be wrong but you quoting wikipedia for how much memory you THINK this would take leads me to the safe assumption you have never programmed before.

they do, however the current system is there merely to test if loot disrobution works and is not the final system.

read what you just wrote, "Once Complete" it's not complete, it's not the full final system

"the current loot system is a temporary stepping stone to what we'll get in future. of course it's not perfect, but it's better than nothing"

it's not a loot system.
jesus.


and the solution is simple:

if i kill you, and i get to your corpse in time and i "hit x to loot" and i don't get killed, then i get what you had in your kit at the time and you lose that gear from your inventory, permanently.

that's looting.

anything else is just console milk for the veal.

no i don't expect this game to be finished right now.

i do expect this game to be what they hyped it to be back way back before the betas started.

which it is not.

Peace
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Once complete, the full system will allow players to influence the quality and quantity of the salvage they receive. Play in a battle with more players and more destruction, and there will more to salvage, and victory earns you the lionGÇÖs share of the spoils. Equip modules that assist you in finding better salvage, and you will become much more likely to receive higher quality items, such as the rare Officer-tier weapons. Quality and type of salvage will also potentially differ based upon the planet you fight on, with rare gear most likely found on nullsec planets.

Yes you are wrong. I program for a living.

You are rather profoundly confused about what information is stored on your ps3 and what's "in memory" in CCP's servers and what's committed to the databases that store this information.

"This system is temporary, and serves as a stepping stone towards final implementation, which should prove far more robust and enjoyable."