Hehe.
I feel like groundhog day, this comes up about once a year, MetalAsh will remember because he has not even been around for a year or two and he will remember at least a few such conversations. I do not feel untoward in saying that most of you do not understand the ninja looting system and assume its so damned easy, but its not any easier than killing the spawns itself is easy, there are more systems in place to make it difficult
but not impossible than most of you assume. Every single time a place is too easy, its reported and resolved (usually it is reported by a ninja looter
) I get it, some of you have a "pet peeve" about it, a mental block, where you can not see it as in-character behavior and completely legal and supported with systems on the server. It is though, I don't really feel like its a gaming aspect that should have to be defended against anymore than someone who decides to make an aggressive violent offensive character that ends in pvp much (completely legitimate on this server) or a lewd remark spewing racist and sexist who scratches their private parts a lot (also completely legitimate on this server).
Bottom-line is that characters can and should do things that your character may not agree with and it should be viewed in-character. If you are incapable of viewing such things as being in-character and to be dealt with in-character then inevitably this game will sometimes frustrate you because finding empty chests as a setback is light compared to some setbacks you will find on potm that you won't find on your run-of-the-mill MMO.
The staff are well WELL aware of what can and can not be achieved by the ninja looting system, and anytime something seems to be exploited or too easy or does not have enough risk then its changed. The server has never been more unfriendly system wise to those that would loot and leave the monsters than it is right now, believe it. Vast majority of places are well balanced risk/reward wise for ninja looting.
Anyway, Myself, I would not call a prolific ninja looter but at various times if I was playing a character that might stoop to such things, then I have done it.
I generally will do it if i can and its a good spawn where something nice may drop OR I just could use some money because i have been buying reagents or crafting until poor....
I can do almost anywhere that has a slight chance to loot without harming the spawn, through years of experience with the game and server and having had some quite decent characters for the task.... but I am also savvy about getting out ASAP so that the respawn timer starts so it has minimal chance of impacting whoever might come along... And as well, I usually report things if they are too easy or exploitable myself ... in just he past year I have found a few things worthy of mention and immediately reported them:
Crowbar usagae while invisible <--this one was huge and went on no telling how long before I tried it on one of my very few characters who did not have OL
Ruined Temple of Harvest I have found this dungeon partially looted so many times I lost count since first bringing this up, as those mummies are both well stocked with nice goodies and utterly incapable of stopping the smart ninja looter who does not allow them to know they're there.
and shown for informational sake only, just to say that when things are too easy they get brought up, but they are usually found out when in the middle of looting eh. Its not always a thread, I have sent PMs to Soren once or twice to alert of stuff too. I know others do it too, this is how things get kept on the up and up.