Loot in World of Warcraft is hotly debated, but you have made your decision. Personal Loot is the best – with a clear majority.
In World of Warcraft, everything revolves around loot one way or another. It not only determines how strong your character is, but also how stylish they can look or what mount you roam the game world with. However, loot is scarce, and most bosses leave significantly fewer items than there are players in a group.
A few days ago, we asked you which loot system in World of Warcraft is the best. Over 1,000 of you participated in the survey, so we can now present the results.
Personal Loot wins, more than half want it
The overwhelming majority of you, namely 53% (573 votes), believe that Personal Loot is the best system. When loot is distributed directly to players, there is the least amount of drama, and all ownership is immediately clear. It is solely up to the winner whether they want to pass an item on to others or keep it for themselves.
The advantage here is clear: it is not “obviously” rolled. Of course, the game internally rolls to decide who receives loot, but that is not shown in the chat. Thus, there is also no discussion about why player X rolled need while player Y would derive much more benefit from the item.
For many, this is the fairest way loot is distributed in World of Warcraft.
It is surprising from the evaluation that the years of “Personal Loot” have apparently led to greater acceptance of the system. If you recall the discussions when Personal Loot was introduced, you could witness many “doom prophets” at that time. Many believed that Personal Loot would ruin the social fabric in WoW and that without “rolling,” an essential part of loot distribution would be missing.
Yet now, years later, this very rolling is seen as a disruptive element that rather stresses social contacts in the game; this can indeed be seen as amusing.
Almost a quarter want rolling and group looting
Almost a quarter of you, 23% (248 votes), prefer group looting with rolls. The “rolling for items” is simply part of the DNA of World of Warcraft for these players and adds to the excitement. Sure, there are sometimes small quarrels, but they are limited, and especially among friends, hardly anyone holds a grudge. For the “winner,” it feels even better to receive an item since they have “overcome” competitors – even if that is solely due to luck in rolling.
Many see this loot variant as the fairest because it is not already decided “behind the scenes” who gets something, and it necessarily has to be openly rolled by everyone. This way, everyone at least has a chance, and it does not happen that one “does not see any item” at all.
Some want both, few something entirely different
Almost one in five, namely 19% (208 votes), believe that both systems have their place in World of Warcraft. Both Personal Loot and Group Loot are part of the game and can be used in different contexts or with different types of group compositions.
For example, Koronus writes:
Both systems have pros and cons.
Personal Loot is especially well suited for scaling events, as there are no problems with [itemlevel]. However, it can happen that someone receives items they already have, but another could use. If Personal Loot would calculate whether someone else can still use items for gear score and/or transmog, it would be unbeatable in my opinion.
In contrast, with group rolls, those who still need the items can roll specifically, but this may also lead to items coming that no one can use.
Currently, I would say instances should have group loot and raids should have personal loot because often duplications occur in groups, while in raids, it is important that every piece of loot is usable.
At least 49 of you (5%) believe that a completely different system should be used in World of Warcraft. Unfortunately, the participants in this regard have only contributed very cautiously to the comments, which is why we often do not know which system they would have preferred.
Were you expecting such a result? Or would you have thought that group looting is more popular?
