Usually when I join the group I ask if there are any other enchanters. If not, I offer to DE non-needed blues. Rand at end for all shards. This works two-fold... the guy who wins the shard off the first boss then gets the uber drop from the last boss which he so desperately needs, shafting John the Priest, who kept this idiot alive after pulling agro every fight, with nothing which the twit makes out with a shard and an item.

This usually helps out in the end when everyone has gotten the items to have mature, intelligent players say "Hey, I got this great item, I'll pass on the shard." Or the mature, intelligent players to bash the idiot who wants to be greedy into the floor.

On the rare occasion where something does go wrong and the party calls it a night and I am left holding the shards, I always feel bad because I really did mean to pass them out. But after wiping for the Nth time, that is the last thing on my mind. If I can remember the party members the next day, I will mail em and ask what they want to do. More often than not they tell me to keep them, then come to me looking for enchants which I will usually do for much less than usual. You scratch my back, I scratch yours.

Disclaimer: I do not play a priest, nor is my name John.

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