Lower Slime Than A Rust-Monster

[POTS]

Today a group of us met up with the scourge of the land; a BATTLE LOOTER.

It all started in ASCNESION when a character named SHOGUN asked to join our party.

He was invited and we all happily proceeded for our fist trip to the WEB as a group.

Immediately upon beginning to battle the spiders in that foul region this SHOGUN character begins grabbing all loot and not helping fight at all.

This continued in spite of all party members protest, and he was eventually kicked from the party (actually I think he crashed and was rejected to be re-invited).

SHOGUN then remained in the WEB and simply continued to loot while we fought and fought. SHOGUN was asked again several times to stop BATTLE LOOTING, as it is a lower form of slime than a RUST MONSTER.

Finally we as a group decided that SHOGUN would be given the opportunity to return all loot to the party or be killed. When he did not comply he was attacked. Half way through the battle he was again given the opportunity to return the loot and the issue would be dropped, again he did not comply and was ultimately DESTROYED.

I guess nothing was solved and we could have just let it go and not party with SHOGUN anymore but it seemed to be the principle of the thing. If it had been an RP thing for him he had ample opportunity to explain that after the KILL but instead he played like he had no idea why he was attacked. TOTALLY LAME.

I invite SHOGUN to respond to this and give good explanation of his actions as he sees them.

At any rate I have vented and the situation is over as far as I am concerned, with a lesson learned.

[Lokison]

actually its a common practice for low levels to follow a high level party and loot "after" the high level party moves on and scurry away b4 the monsters respawn. but as a general rule if you're in a party don't loot until all the monsters are dead or unless you're a designated looter.

[POTS]

I have no problem with a low lvl doing that. Anything to help a low lvl out is np. This was something quite different. And it was addressed to him several times and he still continued. He was in our party actually think he was the highest lvl char in the party.

[Lokison]

sounds like its time for some wiz-o's and clerics to whip out greater ruin while he's in town and leave him there

[Rastan]

I think i remeber Shogun being level 29. I dont even know why he would go to web to train, when other places offer more exp

[POTS]

Like i said, it is over as far as i am concerned, he was killed, and that is that. I am not asking for revenge, retribution or anything else. It is just fair warning to others and an invitation for him to explain.

I still invite a reply from him why every person in the party made at least one comment to him to cease and desist yet he continued. There is no way to call that lack of clarity or mis-communication on his part.

[POTS]

I have had lengthly private communications with SHOGUN. The matter between us has been resolved. All ill-will is no longer.

[Mesron]

Well I dont fault the killing any. It is rude to party up with a group and then horde the loot, especially while there are battles still going on. It is only polite and ethical to ask if you can have dropped loot, and then only after the fighting.