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by Allison Robert 
Apr 24th 2009 at 1:00PM
Kalon at ThinkTank touches on a subject near and dear to my heart -- missing out on loot upgrades because you forget what you're supposed to want. While on an Ulduar-10 run, he passed on the Kologarn drop Mark of the Unyielding, which is close to being the best-in-slot neck for bear tanks, for one good reason (the other tank raids more than he does at the moment) and one bad one (he couldn't remember just how good the piece really is). Particularly galling, he notes, is that he recently wrote an excellent guide to tanking upgrades in Ulduar in which Mark of the Unyielding was singled out for especial commentary. Ouch.For myself, I don't think anything quite approaches the sheer agony of having accidentally passed on Idol of Worship from Grand Widow Faerlina just because I wasn't paying attention at the time. I don't do much cat DPS, but losing the best-in-slot idol directly affecting the attack (Rip) that contributes the largest share of feral DPS is...again with the ouch. I still ask myself what was so amazingly enthralling about tanking Maexxna trash that night that I could have zoned out to that degree, and -- naturally! -- the idol never dropped again. While I guess it's possible that there are players out there who are practically perfect in every way and have never missed a drop, I have the sneaking suspicion that most of us still find a reason to kick ourselves.
Filed under: Items, Analysis / Opinion
Reader Comments (Page 3 of 3)
Niomi Apr 24th 2009 4:42PM
My guild was working on ZA when the TBC raid nerfs were released. After the nerfs we started doing T6 content. Normally I understood the difference between T4 and T6 gloves, I was just very sleepy during our first Hyjal run, so when T6 dropped within a week I got my T4 I didn't roll on it because I already had my tier gloves.
opps Apr 24th 2009 5:15PM
don't feel bad Allison i accidentally sharded my Idol of Worship, only thing that's worse than forgetting to loot it is looting then sharding the new thing over your old pice
Krick Apr 24th 2009 5:27PM
According to the last comment on wowhead for the Idol or Worship, it can now be purchased from a vendor...
http://www.wowhead.com/?item=39757#comments
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Krick
http://www.tankadin.com
L Apr 24th 2009 5:28PM
For DEing I always roll greed in PuG Heroic's never need...and make sure to let everyone know at the beginning of the run to need if they need something I don't know why someone would be rolling need for DE. Also in a 25 man raid...why would you not use master looter...no matter how much you trust your guildies, it's faster and allows for discussion before distributing loot.
Sno Apr 24th 2009 6:14PM
Back in Kara i was a prot war the ring Quest i accidentally picked up the caster ring =P
Asketh Apr 24th 2009 6:20PM
I have the opposite problem. I feel compelled to check every single item drop against my current gear. Whether it's cloth (I'm a priest) or not. Even greens from normal dungeons I still have to take a glance at before I feel comfortable hitting the greed button.
Kal Apr 24th 2009 6:54PM
"Seriously, just use Loot Master, discuss the loot and hand it out."
And this is exactly why I felt so stupid. We do use loot master. I didn't miss out on rolling - rolling in this case is just expressing interest. The other tank is one of my good friends, and we had a discussion on vent about it - and both of us were basically telling the other to take it.
And I totally spaced on exactly how good it was overall. I have rating buster, and I wrote the damn analysis of how good it was and published it, and I STILL messed it up.
It's not a big deal, but boy did I feel stupid.
Thanks as always for linking and mentioning me, Allison. :)
mconan Apr 24th 2009 10:10PM
Patch 3.1 update:
This item (along with other naxx idols, sigils, and librams) can now be purchased at the Emblem of Valor Quartermaster for 25 Emblems of Valor.
MjrShake Apr 24th 2009 10:43PM
Yup I've done that many times. Also been called out on it too. There is nothing like hitting greed and finding out it was way better. My problem is that I do it out of habit.
Brouck Apr 25th 2009 12:05AM
This may not count but the other week in Naxx ten, Loatheb's Shadow came up. The loot master won the roll and then accidently gave it to another toon. Funny thing is it was my third time with him and it was the only drop he REALLY wanted from in there.
klint Apr 25th 2009 2:15AM
Id be lucky if I ever got an orange or red item let alone an purple item. I guess that makes me an in game loser.
inflamez Apr 25th 2009 5:14AM
Missing on loot because you accidently rolled need is bad.
But winning the perfect staff for your mage and afterwards trying to enchant it and accidently hitting the disenchant button is even worse. Believe me, I quite playing after that for several weeks because I was busy kicking myself in the head.
artifex Apr 25th 2009 5:44AM
I've got an addon that tells me instantly on mouseover how the item compares to what I currently have slotted. No loot tables for me to remember, which is especially handy on my alts.
Elathil Apr 25th 2009 4:56PM
I've missed out on upgrades before, but for a different reason. I'm usually so worried about offending someone, I'll end up hitting Greed at most. There's some stuff I've only got because the group leader went "what do you have? Okay, Need that." or "you're the only person that can use that, Need it"