I think one of the biggest drawbacks of the lack of a trading system is that we often see loot drops in parties where the wrong person gets the loot because of the vacuum system.
My suggestion is multi-stepped but is as follows:
- Party leader can set a “loot threshold”. This mostly functions as it does currently in the ability to set it as Free for All. My version would include an option for “Loot Rolls”
- Loot Rolls would make it so that if any gear or rare collection item drops, instead of being sucked into a players inventory, it will go up for “roll”.
- Players that do not want the item or don’t need it, can “Pass”. Players who do want the item can roll for it.
Sound familiar? Yeah its what is used in WoW. It works there, except for loot ninja’s. Probably can’t avoid loot ninja’s though - at least coordinated parties will have their ■■■■ straight though.