I was aiming more for a choice in loot options when you party up. If you are soloing and someone is around you (like in D2) they could just pick up the loot that you killed for. The system in place now in D3 protects against that and I am all for it when soloing.
However, if I am in a group setting with people I trust and I run out of inventory space or someone asks me to grab their loot for them because they are full up, then the current system in place makes that troublesome.
I am fine with the proposed loot system, but hearing about the gameplay from Nick Breckon of Shacknews made me think differently...
"The quest environments contained some surprises as well. One random teleport pad took me to a crumbling dungeon, with a four minute timer counting down to the roof caving in. The idea was spelled out by a quick dialogue line from my Monk: grab as much loot as possible, but find the exit before the timer ends. He sounded cooler when he said it. The concept of balancing loot greed with the possibility of death was great to begin with, but the chaotic setting made it something memorable. Falling boulders crashed down from above, damaging heroes. Stone columns disintegrated, either broken by errant Wizard spells or by the general calamity. The panic to smash through a wall of enemies--the last-second dash to the exit, a yellow item just out of reach taunting you."
When I played D2 with my friends we would divy up the loot we had acquired when we went back to town. However, in a timed scenario with a group there will be loot that we'll miss because we can't pick up loot for someone else and they can't pick it up for us (they haven't expanded on group loot yet afaik). Does this interest anyone else?
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However, if I am in a group setting with people I trust and I run out of inventory space or someone asks me to grab their loot for them because they are full up, then the current system in place makes that troublesome.
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"The quest environments contained some surprises as well. One random teleport pad took me to a crumbling dungeon, with a four minute timer counting down to the roof caving in. The idea was spelled out by a quick dialogue line from my Monk: grab as much loot as possible, but find the exit before the timer ends. He sounded cooler when he said it. The concept of balancing loot greed with the possibility of death was great to begin with, but the chaotic setting made it something memorable. Falling boulders crashed down from above, damaging heroes. Stone columns disintegrated, either broken by errant Wizard spells or by the general calamity. The panic to smash through a wall of enemies--the last-second dash to the exit, a yellow item just out of reach taunting you."
When I played D2 with my friends we would divy up the loot we had acquired when we went back to town. However, in a timed scenario with a group there will be loot that we'll miss because we can't pick up loot for someone else and they can't pick it up for us (they haven't expanded on group loot yet afaik). Does this interest anyone else?