Was this a Ninja Loot? or am I coping?
Here's the context: I'm on my mage in an rdf Botanica group with the following Classes: A Shaman, A Druid, A Paladin, and a Rogue.
Here's the Situation: A Blade of Wizardry Drops, It's one of the best weapons a dps caster can use. With the intention of equipping the obviously massive upgrade I roll need, to which the group full of people who can't use it or roll need on it (Except for the prot pally who the item isn't optimized for) complain. Following the complaints the prot pally rolls need winning the item which he then hosts a re roll for everyone but me and gives the item to the shaman who will inevitably just sell the sword.
Here are my issues with the Situation:
My main problem is the way the group circumvented an intentionally placed game mechanic to turn a profit off my huge gear upgrade. Remember how I said there was only two people eligible to roll need? That entire roll system that blizzard or Warmane implemented was completely circumvented by a Protection Paladin who doesn't need the sword ninja looting it from me and rewarding a different player with an item he was never eligible to roll need on. Surely that has to be some form of rule breaking.
For my second point id like to help you see it from my perspective so I'll use an analogy. You're in a dungeon, One of your best pieces of gear drops and someone else who won't use it wins the roll. He disenchants the item and lists the reagents on the auction house to make money. The only key difference between that analogy and what happened to me is that the person who won the roll made a lot more gold then you would off of a DE, But does the amount of gold earned give him the right to sell my upgrades and circumvent the need greed system?
My third issue is that If the Blade of Wizardry was Bind on Pickup and a prot paladin had rolled need on it taking it over a Mage it would almost certainly be classified as Ninja Looting, are we making an exception to that because it's BoE and he can sell it for gold? Because that brings me right back to my first point. If someone who doesn't need your upgrades takes it when they can't / won't use it and then sells it that is a Ninja Loot.
I'd like to debunk 2 Argument's I'm certain someone will comment to save us both the time
"You could argue that the player who received the sword will sell it for gold to also upgrade his character so in a way it's an upgrade for him to"
Regardless of how he spends the gold he gets from the Sword or even if he mails it to an alt for use, it's an ill-gotten gain. A Group of players worked in tandem to go around the Need loot restrictions Warmane has left or put in place, and I'm now out of a very powerful sword that I need, and that only I in the group was qualified to use properly.
"Well everyone knows it's common courtesy to roll greed on BoE items"
If Warmane wanted everyone to have a chance at dropped BoE items they would remove the Need Restrictions from all BoE items so everyone could roll need and have an equal chance of winning the BoE item, The Need Restriction has been left on BoE items because Warmane finds it necessary.
