I've seen a lot of topics not only here but at other FFXI sites about poor leaders changing the treasury pool to quartermaster while others don't notice, especially for Rare/EX items.
Well sad to say, I saw this happen for myself today while in the Labrynth of Onzozo. My party and another party were in the torama area when Ose popped. The other party invited mine to join them in killing Ose and we agreed and allianced. At this point the treasury was set to casting lots. We killed Ose easily and it dropped the Assault Jerkin. Those who needed the jerkin began to cast lots on it. People from both parties lotted and the War/Nin in my party had the highest lot. Next thing we see, the item is distributed to the leader of the other party. My party was all JPN players who were very confused about what happened until it was pointed out that quartermaster mode had been activated. It got pretty quiet and then my party disbanded from the alliance, sad and angry.
Fact of the matter is, quartermaster mode is hardly used outside of BCNMs and events like what happened to my party today. Although SE surely intended for this option to be used with good intentions, more often than not it isn't used that way. Square should be made aware of this issue and hopefully maybe a solution can come of it. Be it that quartermaster mode is removed entirely from the game, or that the treasury distribution can not be changed on items once lots are already casted on them, or some other option that can lead to fewer upset players.
Please join me in sending emails to PlayOnline and Square-Enix asking them to look into this issue.
Well sad to say, I saw this happen for myself today while in the Labrynth of Onzozo. My party and another party were in the torama area when Ose popped. The other party invited mine to join them in killing Ose and we agreed and allianced. At this point the treasury was set to casting lots. We killed Ose easily and it dropped the Assault Jerkin. Those who needed the jerkin began to cast lots on it. People from both parties lotted and the War/Nin in my party had the highest lot. Next thing we see, the item is distributed to the leader of the other party. My party was all JPN players who were very confused about what happened until it was pointed out that quartermaster mode had been activated. It got pretty quiet and then my party disbanded from the alliance, sad and angry.
Fact of the matter is, quartermaster mode is hardly used outside of BCNMs and events like what happened to my party today. Although SE surely intended for this option to be used with good intentions, more often than not it isn't used that way. Square should be made aware of this issue and hopefully maybe a solution can come of it. Be it that quartermaster mode is removed entirely from the game, or that the treasury distribution can not be changed on items once lots are already casted on them, or some other option that can lead to fewer upset players.
Please join me in sending emails to PlayOnline and Square-Enix asking them to look into this issue.
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