How do items work?

[FlyMolo]

Hi,
The only MMORPG that I've played to date is Diablo 2, which I played a good deal of. In that game, when you killed a monster or boss, he would drop items. There would always be a mad rush with all the people in the party grabbing whatever they could.

Now, I was finally able to discern that monsters do in fact drop items, but now I'm wondering how it works. Is it the same mad scramble to get what's dropped, is there some kind of system that divides items among party members, or something else altogether?

Also, I've heard a lot of people talking about saving up for certain weapons or armor. Do high level characters still get some of their high level equipment by purchasing it? I know in D2 you hardly ever bought something from anyone, it was all finding and trading.

Thanks a bundle!

[Susano]

When you kill a monster solo, if it drops and item/money, it goes directly into your inventory if you have space. If not, it goes to a treasure box and stays there for a short time so you can make space. If you don't make space, it will be destroyed.

When in a group, there are a few ways to handle loot. I know there is a meathod where it goes to the treasure box and each member can "Cast Lot", this generates a random number between 0 and 999, the highest number wins the item. If someone doesn't cast lot or chooses "pass" the will not get the item. I believe you can also have a loot master who gets all the treasure and distro's it to the group. There may also be a random loot assignment meathod, but I'm not sure on that one.

I believe the better armour in the game is quested and dropped off hard monsters. I'm only lvl 15, so some insight from higher people playing the jpanaese game would be great :)

[Jei]

about item drop and loot system... check my post here >> http://ffxionline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6210