The need option is a way to communicate to other members of the group that it is an upgrade for your character... using it for a companion against what has become community 'norm' creates an imbalance in the looting system for the group. Therefor they have the right to correct that imbalance by booting the person who chooses not to abide by the groups values. He chooses his action and they choose theirs through voting him out... consequences. Equal opportunity does NOT necessarily mean equal results.

Here's the thing though... he's wanting more than a fair chance at the loot because need rolls override greed rolls. Therefore he is getting a chance at loot his character cannot use on his character and making it harder for the other members of the group to upgrade their own gear. They have every right to boot him. Free-will guarantees us the right to choose to behave in any way we deem fit. However, everything we do has consequences, some good, some bad. A consequence is not necessarily a punishment it is a natural result of one's choices. If you choose to flout whatever a community or group decides is a rule whether written or unwritten then you MUST deal with the consequences whether you like it or not. That is Life... deal with it.

It was, on the client launcher

Double xp hasn't even started yet. it starts at 2pm EDT, US time

Considering we,meaning the US, take up the whole center of the Western Hemisphere, I will have to disagree with you on that point.

It is a US server and all times related to US servers should involve US time zones. The US is the center of the western hemisphere so get over yourself Europe... you're not the center of anything

Cathar as a playable race.