phase shift item pickup

[Grim indeed]

having just lost on wave 24 NMHCitC (last map i need for transurv) i couldnt help but really want the ability to pick up items whilst phase shifted... whilst overlording i scouted quite a few trans armour pieces (i dont actually have a full trans set yet...) and atleast two rare accesories (champion mask and soup strainer) but couldnt pick them up because i wouldve gotten immediately squished by ogres... well... mini ogres)

just wondered whether anyone else wanted it?
i suppose i can kinda understand why people wouldnt...


just to clarify... i dont mean overlord mode... just normal phase shift

[Mr Cubo]

No thanks, that's 100% unfair for players not using a summoner.

[Masema]

No thanks, that's 100% unfair for players not using a summoner.

Is that a valid concern, though? Minion Units are also 100% "unfair" for those that don't have a Summoner.

[Mr Cubo]

If you don't have the summoner you can play with other players that have the DLC and your problem is solved, having a player looting while all others are playing is a very different matter.

[Masema]

If you don't have the summoner you can play with other players that have the DLC and your problem is solved, having a player looting while all others are playing is a very different matter.

Well theoretically if you are playing with someone that has the Summoner, he could pick stuff up for you too

[Grim indeed]

No thanks, that's 100% unfair for players not using a summoner.

not '100%', a barb is likely to be able to turtle their way to said item, whereas if a summoner gets webbed whilst unphased they die... but yeh... the loot ninja...ing... is what i meant by i understand why people might not like the idea

If you don't have the summoner you can play with other players that have the DLC and your problem is solved, having a player looting while all others are playing is a very different matter.

not when you play solo (as i generally do)

Well theoretically if you are playing with someone that has the Summoner, he could pick stuff up for you too

hmmm...
a 'loot box' idea might be nice... every item picked up by a player goes into it, at the end of a round players 'need', 'greed' or 'pass' (MMORPG-style xD) each item, would even DPS/low res builder loot quality (why i play solo...)
- but probably wouldnt work out of surv... waste of countdown time (unless the countdown only starts after loot has been rolled for...

[Masema]

By the way, I don't like the idea because there should be risk involved in going out to pick stuff up. If you don't play on hardcore, you can just do a suicide run to try for stuff. If you do play on hardcore, well, there's a reason it's called hardcore

I just don't think the fairness argument carries any weight, though, since it was a conscious design decision to make the summoner P2W.

[Mr Cubo]

not when you play solo (as i generally do)

Playing solo quite much defeats the whole purpose of looting in action phase, no one else to beat in picking gear.

[Grim indeed]

By the way, I don't like the idea because there should be risk involved in going out to pick stuff up. If you don't play on hardcore, you can just do a suicide run to try for stuff. If you do play on hardcore, well, there's a reason it's called hardcore

that makes sense too i suppose

Playing solo quite much defeats the whole purpose of looting in action phase, no one else to beat in picking gear.

lol, the example was from losing (a totally valid respose is that i shouldnt have lost - why im curious as to others opinions on the subject)... now that i think about it it was the final two mobs (two ogre stragglers) that killed the crystal, so i wouldve been able to cut my losses and grab some gear if i hadnt been trying to aggro-redirect ogres to another crystal

* in the OP about ogres squishing me i meant when i spotted them... not when i was about to win... and lost)

[Masema]

Playing solo quite much defeats the whole purpose of looting in action phase, no one else to beat in picking gear.

Not true, you still have to beat the item despawn, and, as mentioned in the OP, the "game over" screen