Insider Trader -- Bug Watch: BoP pattern drops fixed
by Lisa Poisso 
Jul 12th 2007 at 8:45AM
Nothing gets nastier more quickly than squabbles over loot – and when nobody's quite sure how the drops work, things can get really ugly. Under a cloud of seemingly contradictory information from blue posters on the official forums, players who suspected BoP patterns weren't dropping correctly when their groups or raids were using master looting turned out to be right on target. (/gasp!) But never fear ...The fix is confirmed to be live and players are now most assuredly getting the pattern drops they deserve, regardless of loot method.European GM and Customer Service Forum Representative Issuntril confirmed in May that when a master looter did not have the required profession when a BoP recipe dropped, the pattern would be unlootable. Issuntril also indicated a fix was complete and would be incoming in patch 2.1. Unfortunately, some GMs and Blizzard reps continued to assure players that master loot was currently working with BoP patterns, not realizing there was a problem when the master looter didn't have the profession in question. On top of that, players who didn't read the European forums were still completely in the dark. Craftspeople naturally noticed the lack of drops, raid leaders pointed to assurances that BoP master looting was working fine, and the battle was on. Master looters and master looting alike took some black eyes from irate craftspeople who suspected they were getting gaffed.
The confusion blundered onward when no mention of either the bug or the fix surfaced in the 2.1 patch notes. Nobody seemed to be able to confirm whether or not the problem had been addressed. Issuntril finally laid the issue to rest, confirming that 2.1 had indeed fixed the bug -- although many non-European crafters still haven't gotten the memo. Let's make it official: master looting is once again a safe option for BoP pattern drops, so let your master looters get back to business. Oh -- and good luck winning the drop!
(Edit: Numerous players are reporting that the master looter must distribute the BoP pattern immediately, without clicking off the corpse to do anything else first. If the master looter closes the corpse/loot box, he may not be able to see the pattern again the next time he clicks in. It's not known if this is working as intended.)
Filed under: Patches, Bugs, Insider Trader (Professions)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tridus Jul 12th 2007 9:13AM
I'm glad its fixed. This is a great example of just how poor Blizzard's communication with its customers is. Why do we have to go to Europe to find out about these things? Why do the North American forums suck so much? Why do the GMs not know what is and isn't a known bug? Why was such a major bug fix not in the patch notes?
Lack of communication is a real problem for Blizzard, one that needs fixing if they're going to keep the trust of the player base in the face of actual competition.
Levi Jul 12th 2007 9:22AM
Free-for-all has been the way to go for a while. There have always been problems with master looting.
Auriea Jul 12th 2007 9:45AM
No wonder we never got any of the enchants in Kara.
gleja Jul 12th 2007 10:11AM
Fixed? Not really. In Kara last night the Soulcloth Vest pattern dropped and the ML (not a tailor) could see it but not give it to our tailor.
One GM ticket later, we were told that this was not a known bug.
ben1778 Jul 12th 2007 10:17AM
That does explain some of the past stinginess with Illhoof and his Soulfrost enchant. Every time he goes down we look through every single pocket and fat fold for that damn formula.
I thought we'd have to give Illhoof a full body cavity search to find it!
Lisa Poisso Jul 12th 2007 10:21AM
@#4 gleja:
Oh, no! Let's hope it was a one-time glitch and not more of this saga ... :(
Foxfyr Aug 24th 2007 2:18PM
As per Gleja's post:
The masterlooter saw the pattern but didn't give it out because a fight was still in progress.
When he went back to send it to the tailor, he could no longer see it, nor could the tailor.
If the masterlooter sees a pattern, GIVE IT TO THE CRAFTER BEFORE CLOSING THE WINDOW!
iamabanana Jul 12th 2007 10:44AM
yeah I missed out on my Stabilized Eternium Scope (http://www.thottbot.com/i23766) from Attumen due to master looting; never did get it resolved from a GM either.
robodex Jul 12th 2007 1:21PM
We had an engineering pattern rot as well, and the GM wouldn't do anything about it =\
Lish Jul 12th 2007 2:43PM
My guild had the exact same problem that Gleja mentioned, and involving the same pattern dropping too.
When we contacted a GM our ML was asked if they were using any 3rd party addons (which he was). The GM immediately claimed that that was the problem, wouldn't listen to reason, and then shrugged us off and closed the ticket.