LVDave Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I'm probably going to get flamed for this post by other players... ...but can I pay you BioWare/EA/LucasArts devs for an in-game pet that auto-loots? I would be willing to shell-out real life money for that convenience. I have a job, and I work hard, and I would like to exchange my real life work for some in-game entertainment convenience/luxury. Either offer it to just me, personally, or you can offer it playerbase-wide; I really don't care. I know we have AoE/area looting by way of a Preferences option, but I'm just looking to go all the way...with some sort of mechanism that will loot for me instead. Here are a couple of suggestions: You may slow-down the rate of looting with the auto-loot pet or other mechanism...such as placing a single "corpse-looting" into a queue that releases the loot into my inventory slowly over time; or you could make the auto-loot pet or other mechanism available only after some long and/or difficult/challenging mission chain and/or raiding (similar to a datacron? or hard mode flashpoint?). I'd prefer to just give you $$, though. please please please please Thank you, A Happily Paying SW:TOR Founder/Subscriber Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunazen Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 (edited) lol omg please don't mention real money. Don't give them ideas! Was thinking of this today though. Would be great if our companions would loot for us. Edited February 29, 2012 by Lunazen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabster Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Great idea... I would love to be able to make companions loot for you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVDave Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Yeah! =D =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSkittles Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Holy **** please add something like this. I can't believe SWTOR is using this antiquated click on dead body to loot design. A lot of console games have gotten rid of this. I know games like Diablo 3 are using it, but they have a forced camera perspective that makes it easy to loot. SWTOR sure as hell does not. PC games don't need this anymore. Who the hell wants this? Or hell, why don't they just add in an option in the Preferences to auto pickup all of the loot in the *********** game without having to click on anything! Please! Or maybe just make our companions loot without having to click. Something, anything. My carpel-tunnel is gonna get worse because of this game. /endrant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVDave Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 My carpal tunnel already got worse with the harder space missions with trying to get all the bonuses AND the regular objectives done...since I like the challenge. lolol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVDave Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Can I get some dev response on why this couldn't be implemented, hypothetically/theoretically (if applicable)? If this could be implemented, how much would BioWare/EA/LucasArts ask for? $50? $200? Would BioWare/EA/LucasArts accept a coded game mod or addon that would somehow automate looting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotton Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 lol omg please don't mention real money. Don't give them ideas! Was thinking of this today though. Would be great if our companions would loot for us. Yep Lol This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeruleanNite Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Can I get some dev response on why this couldn't be implemented, hypothetically/theoretically (if applicable)? If this could be implemented, how much would BioWare/EA/LucasArts ask for? $50? $200? Would BioWare/EA/LucasArts accept a coded game mod or addon that would somehow automate looting? You really think a developer is going to come in here and respond? You will have better luck asking this in the Q&A thread as to getting an answer. I dont really want another thing on screen following me around to loot, lets just make it so the companions can autoloot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVDave Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 You really think a developer is going to come in here and respond? You will have better luck asking this in the Q&A thread as to getting an answer. I actually asked a simpler version of this question using /bug in-game, and one of the customer support/service reps gave me the URL to this exact forum. S/he said that even though devs may not respond, they do read the forum. I dont really want another thing on screen following me around to loot, lets just make it so the companions can autoloot. Whatever works and gets the job done. I just want automated looting...in whatever form it materializes in. I'm just willing to throw some money in to get the ball rolling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CeruleanNite Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Whatever works and gets the job done. I just want automated looting...in whatever form it materializes in. I'm just willing to throw some money in to get the ball rolling. Please stop saying that you would pay money for something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVDave Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Please stop saying that you would pay money for something. Money talks...but it's not the only way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deekers Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I agree with the auto loot pet idea, I've had that thought many times, wondering why my companion isn't helping me loot everything. While we are talking about loot, how about removing all the gray vendor trash items from the game - what's the purpose of them other than cluttering up our inventories, just give us credits instead. Or if you continue to want us pick up all the trash, at least consider some improvements - give us a trash bag, this way we can look in there and marvel at all the wonderful trash we collected, and make the trash items funny (funny names or notes on them), and have them be worth a lot - so we'll feel lucky to have found it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajamison Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I agree with the auto loot pet idea, I've had that thought many times, wondering why my companion isn't helping me loot everything. While we are talking about loot, how about removing all the gray vendor trash items from the game - what's the purpose of them other than cluttering up our inventories, just give us credits instead. Or if you continue to want us pick up all the trash, at least consider some improvements - give us a trash bag, this way we can look in there and marvel at all the wonderful trash we collected, and make the trash items funny (funny names or notes on them), and have them be worth a lot - so we'll feel lucky to have found it. I do not know the trash on Illum is worth alot. I sold an entire inventory full of trash from a week of dailies neted me 117765 credits from selling trash items. Seems they are worth enough allready. But the idea about a trashbag and funny names....Definately +1 this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CogitoErgo Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 That just means your companion would be in your way even more than they already are. Why not just have a "I'm standing next to something dead so the loot goes into my bag" system. Would be awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVDave Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 That just means your companion would be in your way even more than they already are. Why not just have a "I'm standing next to something dead so the loot goes into my bag" system. Would be awesome. ...similar to Diablo III (and other games) where you walk near a red life/health orb, and it automatically "applies" itself to you if your character needs it without needing you to click on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVDave Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 What is the purpose of manual looting anyway? Is it a balance issue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheOnlyKyrenS Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Read title, Nope. It was a decent idea in Maplestory but since loot is shared if in a group, there will always be people complaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVDave Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Read title, Nope. It was a decent idea in Maplestory but since loot is shared if in a group, there will always be people complaining. Why doesn't the loot roll just automatically pop-up after the death of an enemy NPC? Why does a group have to wait until someone clicks to loot a corpse before the loot roll pops up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfninjajedi Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Really...is it so hard just to click?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NogFizzbin Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Auto looting would be a boon for bots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVDave Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 Really...is it so hard just to click?... No, it obviously isn't hard to just click...seeing as how I've been doing it for ten years playing MMORPG's...but what if I paid $$ for an auto-loot pet? How much would it cost, and would BioWare even be agreeable to that? That is the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVDave Posted March 3, 2012 Author Share Posted March 3, 2012 Auto looting would be a boon for bots. That is a good argument...but I'm sure BioWare has ample monitoring techniques and can compare non-bot player activity against bot player activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LVDave Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 http://www.swtor-life.com/breaking-news/swtor-guild-summit-livestream-updates/ So if BioWare is allowing players to purchase experience buffs with money, can I be allowed to purchase an auto-loot pet or auto-loot ability? ...or...include a legacy reward where my character will gain the ability to auto-loot? =D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewatcheruatu Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Why do we need to pay money for this? I'd be happy if my companions could just go around looting corpses while I used my health regeneration ability, in the same way that they can now harvest nodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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