FYI - There is a new Loot System coming

[Trilo]

Sony Forums Thread - New Loot System Info and Bugs

And the "Advanced Looting" will be enabled by default.

Hludwolf is the Developer posting responses to players on this thread.

Quick guide:
•Advanced Looting is enabled by default. You can enable/disable it using /advloot, clicking on the Edit Filters button, and toggling the Use Advanced Looting check box
•/advloot will open the advanced loot window - it will open on its own when things you kill drop items. You can also bind the window to a key or use the EQ button
•The master looter's setting is what determines whether your group or raid uses advanced looting or classic looting
•The master looter's auto-split coin setting will affect coin distribution within your group or raid
•If you are out of range for a kill or out of the zone/dead. You must right click on the corpse to be able to loot items from it. This is signified by a red lock icon overlay. You can make use of the /hidecorpse listed and /hidecorpse listedunlocked to make it easier to do this.

Master Looter designation - You can see the name of the current master looter in your zone at the bottom of the advanced looting window.

For groups - in order
1.Designated master looter group role - right click to assign master looter just as you would assign a new group leader
2.Group leader
3.First person in the zone in your group

For raids - in order
1.Designated master looter raid role using the button in the raid window
2.Raid leader
3.Group 1 - Group N's designated group master looter
4.Group 1 - Group N's leader
5.The first person in the zone in your raid

Deillusional said: ↑

“If a guild in a raiding situation chooses to use the old way of looting, does everyone need it off or just the raid leader? Will they be problems if people not got it off, when looting the chests?”


Hludwolf said: ↑

“ •The master looter's setting is what determines whether your group or raid uses advanced looting or classic looting
•The master looter's auto-split coin setting will affect coin distribution within your group or raid
”

[Xslia]

Hopefully the "classic" way will still work as mentioned and intended.

[Trilo]

Hopefully so, but I wouldn't be surprised if the raid leader (usually you) will be forced to manually select that option each and every single time we form up.

We'll see eventually...

[Trilo]

Patch Notes from 25 March contains this brief:

*** Advanced Loot System ***

- Please note that there are extensive help files available in the /advloot window. The following is an overview to help you get started.
- If you wish to disable the Advanced Loot System, type /advloot, click on the "Edit Filters" button, and then uncheck the "Use Advanced Looting" option there.

- When you are solo, any loot from NPCs you kill will appear in your Personal Loot List. You have these options with things that appear on this list:
- - Loot: Click the green check mark and this item will be placed in your inventory immediately.
- - Leave: Click on the red X and the item will be left on the NPC's corpse.
- - AN (Always Need): Check this box to say you always "need" this item. While solo you will always loot this item automatically (if you have Apply Filters checked).
- - AG (Always Greed): Check this box to say you always "want" this item. While solo you will always loot this item automatically (if you have Apply Filters checked).
- - Never: Click on this red X and the item will be added to your "never" filter, meaning it will never be added to your personal loot list again (if you have Apply Filters checked).
- - Loot All: If you choose this button, the system will attempt to move everything in your Personal Loot List in to your inventory.

- When you are in a group, the Master Looter's name will appear in the loot window, and the following options now appear in your Shared Loot List:
- - ND (Need): Indicate that this item will benefit you directly.
- - GD (Greed): Indicate that you would like this item.
- - NO: Indicate that you do not want this item.
- - AN (Always Need): If you select this, you will always roll "Need" for this item.
- - AG (Always Greed): If you select this, you will always roll "Greed" for this item.
- - NV (Never): Indicate that you never want this item.

- If you are the Master Looter, you have the following additional options:
- - Action: This is an icon that shows the current status of the item. It defaults to "Ask" (Question Mark) which will ask your group to speak up for the item. If you click this button, it will change to "Stop" (Red octagon), which will stop all action relating to the item.
- - Manage: If you click the gear icon, you open the Manage window. From this window you can choose the following:
- - - Leave On Corpse will leave the item on the corpse. Once the corpse unlocks, anyone is free to loot it.
- - - You can also choose a player in your group from the drop-down menu and click "Give." This will award the item to that player directly.
- - - If you check "Auto Roll," an automated random roll will occur whenever this item is seen again, awarding the item directly to the winner.
- - Roll: Check this box to initiate a roll for the item.
- - You can also right-click on the item for the following options:
- - - Free Grab: The first person to express interest in this item (by checking ND, GD, AN, or AG) will get it.
- - - Leave on Corpse: The item is removed from the Shared Loot List and anyone can loot it from the corpse.
- - - Give to: This option lets you give the item directly to a specific person in your group.

[Trilo]

Here are a few screenshots of the new Loot System, as posted on the Sony Forums (linked to from the Patcher as of today):

https://forums.station.sony.com/eq/index.php?threads/advance-your-looting.218969/