Big Time Adventure – Chromie’s Time-Traveling Quest in Dragonflight (Story Spoilers)

One of the questlines in Thaldraszus involves helping Chromie in another crazy adventure through time. We went through the questline and detail everything here!WARNING: DRAGONFLIGHT STORY SPOILERS AHEAD!At one point through the Thaldraszus questline, w…

Turbo Boost Bluepost Preview – List of Items Purchased with Dinar

Blizzard has released a final preview of the increased rewards coming with the Turbo Boost on May 13th, including new upgrade tracks, expanded crafting item levels, and a list of all dungeon and raid items available for purchase with dinar!It appears t…

Best Endgame Builds for Diablo 4 Season 4 – Patch 1.4.0

Season 4 is in full swing, and the speed demons among us are already in the endgame of Diablo 4! Whether you’re farming Nightmare Dungeons, Uber Bosses, or trying to finish off that full Season Journey, choosing the right build for the job has never be…

Feast of Winter Veil 2022 Special Presents Now Available

The Feast of Winter Veil 2022 special presents are now available to players in all regions.Winter Veil GuideBlizzard’Tis the season to grab your Greatfather Winter gifts from under the trees in Ironforge or Orgimmar. Don’t miss getting yours before the…

The Prophet Skeram Will No Longer Purge Buffs When Transitioning – The Burning Crusade Hotfix

Blizzard has released a Hotfix for The Burning Crusade, which prevents The Prophet Skeram from incorrectly purging buffs from players when transitioning between phases.

Continue reading »

Blizzard on Tier Drops in the Great Vault – Tier Shoulders and Chest Not Available Week 1

Blizzard has now confirmed that no tier Shoulders or Chests will drop from the Great Vault during Week 1. In addition, killing a raid boss that drops tier will increase your chance of receiving tier in that slot. The Tier Bosses in Sepulcher of the Fir…

Ask WoW Insider: Loot rolls and seasonal boss summons

Filed under: Items, Analysis / Opinion, Events, Ask WoW Insider, Bosses, NPCs

Time once again to put a question to you, dear readers, and see what you have to say about a current issue in the World of Warcraft. This time around, Rylia has a question about loot ethics with seasonal bosses — everyone and their guildie is taking down the Headless Horseman (making the Scarlet Graveyard an actual destination, strangely), and Rylia wants to know what the policy is when an item drops:

What’s your group loot policy for seasonal bosses? (a) Use the usual in-game loot roller; everyone roll Need on the rare items (mounts, small pets, etc.) (b) Whoever summons the boss for that particular attempt gets the rare item drop from that attempt. The logic behind (b) is that it prevents people who’ve used up their daily summons from getting more than one chance per day (and thus making their groupmates get less than one chance per day). If someone who didn’t have a summon in your seasonal group wins a rare roll, do you think that’s a ninja?

Rylia

Personally, I think all the summons should get settled before you enter the instance — if you invite someone in without a summon (for example, because they’re a tank, and you just need them rather than waiting for a tank with a summon), they’re a part of the group after that and have as much chance as anyone else to win a roll. And yes, if an item drops that someone can use, it should be a Need roll. So if that mount drops, everyone’s got a chance to win it. That’s just me, though — I can see the point about someone without a summon taking loot from people who entered with a summon.

Though I have no idea what to do if a mount and pet drops on the same run — would the person who won one not get a chance on the second? What think you, readers, both of general loot rules on season bosses and of Rylia’s summon policy?

Previously on Ask WoW Insider…

Permalink | Email this | Comments

Alchemy & Blacksmithing on the Dragonflight Alpha – Wowhead Economy Weekly Wrap-Up 236

Hello! Welcome to the 236th edition of the WoW Economy Weekly Wrap-up! Dragonflight Alpha is here! There is a lot of information to discuss around Professions. The first 2 professions available for early testing are Alchemy and Blacksmithing. We will g…

Buy Mats Now to Obtain the Voidfire Deathcycle Mount in Revisited Horrific Visions

One of the most awaited features of Revisited Horrific Visions is that players can finally obtain the Felreaver Deathcycle mount, the purple and final felcycle! Learn how to get it in this post, which will involve gathering materials in both Visions of…

All Trinkets from Patch 11.2 – Manaforge Omega and Mythic+

With Patch 11.2 being available on PTR, we have our first look at the trinkets coming with Ghost of K’aresh, coming from Manaforge Omega and Mythic+ on Season 3.New Trinkets for Patch 11.2Below is a list of all the trinkets added with patch 11.2. Note …

Talent Calculator Now Updated for Dragonflight 10.0.5 PTR Build 47481

Our Dragonflight PTR talent calculator is now updated to support all of the class changes implemented on the 10.0.5 PTR.You can also read more about the changes in our datamined spell tuning from the PTR.Continue reading »

Revival Catalyst, Flightstones and Crests Likely Returning in The War Within

Many of the popular gearing systems from Dragonflight appear to be returning in the War Within!Revival Catalyst ReturnWe’ve datamined the following currency which seems to indicate that the Revival Catalyst is returning in The War Within!11.0 Tier Conv…

Brawler’s Guild, Leveling Rate Increase, & Item Upgrades Coming in MoP Classic Patch 5.5.1 Landfall

The next chapter of Mists of Pandaria Classic will allow players to progress their Legendary Questline, introduce the Brawler’s Guild, and provide players with an increased leveling rate!

Continue reading »

A Very Good Boy in Dragonflight – Dragonflight Alpha Quest Highlight

All zones are now available for testing in the Dragonflight Alpha. One side questline found in Ohn’ahran Plains has us teaming up with a very good boy and rewards a special toy, Taivan’s Trumpet.Taivan the Big, Good, Gentle Bakar Bakar – large doglike …

Classic Era Realms Being Locked Not Intended

Blizzard has announced that the Classic Era Realm Cluster was not intended to be locked and will be unlocked soon.Hi Everyone,Just popping in to confirm that Whitemane-Era being locked is not intended and we are looking into this.Continue reading »

Pre-Patch Best in Slot Gear Guides on Wowhead – Cataclysm Classic

Our Class Writers have prepared Best in Slot Gear Guides for every Class and Role combination for Pre-Patch of Cataclysm Classic. If you’d like to learn more about the Pre-Patch for Cataclysm Classic which launches April 30, take a look at our guide be…

Everything We Know About Malignant Hearts – Malignant Tunnels, How to Craft Invokers, Tips and Tricks

Understanding Diablo 4’s first Seasonal mechanic is not easy at first sight. That is why we have collected all important facts, tips, and tricks for you to farm Wrathful Hearts and other Malignant Hearts in Diablo 4’s Season 1. And if you have even mor…

10.2 Restoration Shaman First Impressions – Top-Heavy Talent Tree & Season 3 Playstyle Issues

Restoration Shaman have received significant changes alongside all healers with the Dragonflight 10.2 PTR. Our Restoration Shaman Writer, Theun, breaks down all the early changes as Blizzard attempts to emphasize the importance of resource management a…