How to handle loot effectively

[Depherios]

Not sure if it still applies or not, but equipcompare used to work with CharactersViewer so you could use CV to rotate between all your alts and compare their gear too... although that'd be different from having it be the people in your party... and... yeah... that's not EQcompare...

*sigh* nevermind.

[Goppie]

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.

my boss is on holliday, so i will give this a whirl

[aNiMaL]

I've been wondering about a similar addon,
I used to use an addon which came up with comparison numbers in the tooltip which calculated your talents and all to see which item would be better.

I've got no clue how it was called tbh,
February is to far back

Basically what I use now is Recount,
I check who did the least damage and hand them the item if it's anything less then mail.
I also consider their mana pool to see if one is behind on the rest.

My main usually takes more damage, so he gets all the mail stuff first.

[BGuru]

[quote='aNiMaL',index.php?page=Thread&postID=92684# post92684]I've been wondering about a similar addon,
I used to use an addon which came up with comparison numbers in the tooltip which calculated your talents and all to see which item would be better.

I've got no clue how it was called tbh,
February is to far back

Basically what I use now is Recount,
I check who did the least damage and hand them the item if it's anything less then mail.
I also consider their mana pool to see if one is behind on the rest.

My main usually takes more damage, so he gets all the mail stuff first.[/quote]

The addon I use that compares stats is [url='http://www.wowinterface.com/downloads/info5819-Rating_Buster.html']Rating Buster[/url].

It works with EquipCompare here is a pic of the tooltip with Rating Buster installed.

[GizmoxLoW]

When i multibox instances i put the loot on master loot, that way i can distribute loot without having to switch windows...

[phetish]

yep -

I set my main as the group leader, then use MasterLoot. I also have a macro that sets it up so that only mobs with greens/blues "sparkle". That way I only loot the mobs that have greens/blues, and don't spend too much time looting.

Of course I'm boosting right now, so I'm not interested in anything but XP and "free" gear for my alts.

You might also consider "LootFilter" as a way of deleting grey and white loot items. It will take some setup, but you can set it so that it will automatically delete anything below greens, open clams, auto-vendor greys/whites, etc.

[dippy]

I set my main as the group leader, then use MasterLoot. I also have a macro that sets it up so that only mobs with greens/blues "sparkle". That way I only loot the mobs that have greens/blues, and don't spend too much time looting.

I'd love to know what macro you use that only sparkles mobs with greens or blues. Can you share please?

[phetish]

I'm on the road right now and won't be at that computer until tomorrow night. I saw it on a blog someplace, so I might find it before then.

:thumbup:

edit: found it!---> http://www.wowwiki.com/API_SetLootThreshold

/script SetLootThreshold(2)

that will set it so that only the mobs with green or blue loot will sparkle. If you want blues only - the change the 2 to a 3

[antieuclid]

I came across this thread while searching for the same thing, and just thought I'd bump it in case anyone had come up with anything in the last few months. I just found out that my lvl 24 mage was still wearing Woven Boots and I'd love something that would automatically tell me whether a given piece of loot was an upgrade for party members.

[Ticks]

Why not just look at your alt's health and/or mana bars? That's what I do to make sure they're all wearing the items we've come across.