How to handle loot effectively

[nomenquis]

Hi,

I'm just trying out a 4 shaman (what else ^^) team and have just started running rfc. Now while I think I've a good idea about how to do combat / setup macros etc I'm pretty much overwhelmed by how much effort it takes me to distribute loot between the toons (and equip it etc). I'm running with ffa loot and loot with my main, then have to look around through my other chars and trade the loot to this char / equip it etc.

Now, does someone know any add ons that might help speed that up? Like an addon to compare the looted item not only to the one my main toon has equipped but to all the other toons also?

It just feels kind of strange that I can destroy rfc but spend almost more time looting / distributing than actually fighting

kind regards

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Get a software app or wifi mouse that'll let you click x5 on all clients. That way, you just right-click the mob and everyone loots it. Keep clicking until everyone loots their pieces and you're done.

[nomenquis]

Get a software app or wifi mouse that'll let you click x5 on all clients. That way, you just right-click the mob and everyone loots it. Keep clicking until everyone loots their pieces and you're done.

Hmm, perhaps I've not really stated my problem in a good way. I'm not so much concerned about picking up the loot, but more concerned about distributing it. Basically I'll be rolling with master looter set to green (main is ml) and all slaves also passing on loot (so my main picks up everything and can also ml bop stuff). What I'm looking for is some way to 'decide' who shall get what (greens, blues, bop stuff) without manually inspecting the toons. Because thats currently whats taking me a long time to do.

kind regards

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Ah, gotcha. There are loot/inventory addons that will help but they're almost more trouble than they're worth. :P

[nomenquis]

Ah, gotcha. There are loot/inventory addons that will help but they're almost more trouble than they're worth. :P

You would not happen to have any names? I'd be mighty happy to have an addon that shows me what my other toons have equipped in a given slot or something like that.

I'm thinking that once I'm past getting basic equip for all slots on all chars things will ease down, but at the moment it really sucks.

kind regards

[brontes]

Get a software app ... that'll let you click x5 on all clients. That way, you just right-click the mob and everyone loots it. Keep clicking until everyone loots their pieces and you're done.

Is there a guide to this somewhere? :cursing:

[Ughmahedhurtz]

Look up "mouse broadcasting" for ideas on that. I think it's discussed in threads about accepting quests and such. Octopus is what I use for it. Wireless mice is what I used to use for it. Both of those work fine.

Regarding the addons for group wardrobe and such, I looked but the only one I can find is Multiboxer V2. I thought there were others but that might be what you're after.

[BGuru]

I use an addon called Examiner.
If I understand what your are looking for I think this addon will help you see what your other characters are wearing.
It caches the inspect of another player and lets you compare different inspections also.

"Examiner is an advanced inspection mod which you can use to check other players gear, talents, honor and arena team details.

When you inspect someone, it will show a stat summery of all their equipped gear combined.
Please note that these values are from gear alone, and will not include bonuses from buffs, talents or normal base stats.

Each player you inspect, will be cached so you can look them up later, even when they are no where near you.
This option can be disabled if you prefer not to cache the people you inspect."

[Syro]

Examiner sounds really cool

I wonder if there's someway you can extend EQCompare so that it'll show party members items too, not just your own. That'd be cool.

[Stabface]

I run with FFA and pass on all for my alts, then just loot everything with my main. After my loot bags fill up is when I start handing things out... an AcceptTrade() macro is invaluable.
Sometimes in instances I do Master Looter and then give greens directly to my enchanter or drops to whoever uses them, maybe try this out.