So the other day, I jumped into a Raid Finder group on my hunter. Early in the instance, a lockbox dropped. Most of us, of course, rolled greed. One rogue rolled need and won the box. I don't know why he rolled need. Maybe his finger slipped. Maybe he assumed that since he could lockpick the box, he had a right to roll need. Maybe he was just a jerk. Whatever the reason, he rolled, and he won. Immediately, a couple of other players made a pretty huge outcry. Ninja looter, they said. Kick him, they said. He eventually apologized, but they would have none of it. Finally, they got a kick vote started and kicked him out of the group.

You know what I was thinking the whole time this was happening? I was wishing the other players would shut up so we could finish the instance. Honestly, all that chat was getting on my nerves. I just wanted my valor points -- who cared about a lockbox? In all honesty, it would have probably had around 50 to 100 gold total, assuming he got a good price on the AH for the green item inside. I can make that much in a half-hour of dailies, no problem. Besides, the ninja was in the top 10 DPS for the raid, much higher than the two people shouting the loudest for his removal. I would have rather kept the ninja than risk getting someone else with much lower damage potential.

People who've known me for a while might just be blinking in shock at this. I have been known as a guy who is very passionate about loot and fairness. A few years back, I would have been one of the first ones aiming for that guy's head. But these days, there's a threshold. Sure, someone ninja looting an epic or taking a BoP item that someone else could use could get my dander up -- but a green BoE item? It's just not worth my time to care anymore.

I'm not if this means I've become a better, more mellow person or I'm more lazy and selfish or just desensitized. Maybe it means it's close to the end of the expansion, and I have no more need for money or loot, so I don't worry about it. Whatever it means, all I know is that at some point, I'd rather let people get away with a little petty theft than deal with the drama.

What about you? Do you have a loot drama threshold? Are you more willing to loot the occasional odd need roll pass without comment rather than weather the shouting and accusations in chat? Or do you think it's important that we fight ninja looting no matter what the infraction?

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