2009-04-21, 02:45 AM
"I don't think that this phenomenon happens at all." <-This is the reason people begin arguments with you harrisonized.
Perhaps you should consider this scenario.
Someone else killed the monster and the etc drop has been on the floor for X (doesn't really matter) amount of seconds but will disappear in 10 seconds (as an example). You just came into the map and as such have to wait an even larger amount of time before looting items from other people than if you were already on the map when the killling occured (I've tested that statement btw). Well, since you're forced to wait longer than the time that the item has before it expires, you continuously mash the "Loot" button; yet, to your demise, the item vanishes.
It's happened to me when I was up at Windraiders collecting crimson wood for my Crimson Arcanon. I saw a piece of crimson wood there and attempted to loot it. It wouldn't let me and i definitely had space since i had 3XX amount of firewoods in my inventory and i still didn't have the 400 i needed. conclusion: I had 1 slot of crimson wood that was NOT at 100, thus that wasn't the problem. The item ended up disappearing before I could loot it.
So yeah, consider that people MIGHT actually be telling the truth instead of immediately dismissing what they say simply because you "think" it can't happen.
Perhaps you should consider this scenario.
Someone else killed the monster and the etc drop has been on the floor for X (doesn't really matter) amount of seconds but will disappear in 10 seconds (as an example). You just came into the map and as such have to wait an even larger amount of time before looting items from other people than if you were already on the map when the killling occured (I've tested that statement btw). Well, since you're forced to wait longer than the time that the item has before it expires, you continuously mash the "Loot" button; yet, to your demise, the item vanishes.
It's happened to me when I was up at Windraiders collecting crimson wood for my Crimson Arcanon. I saw a piece of crimson wood there and attempted to loot it. It wouldn't let me and i definitely had space since i had 3XX amount of firewoods in my inventory and i still didn't have the 400 i needed. conclusion: I had 1 slot of crimson wood that was NOT at 100, thus that wasn't the problem. The item ended up disappearing before I could loot it.
So yeah, consider that people MIGHT actually be telling the truth instead of immediately dismissing what they say simply because you "think" it can't happen.