What do I take out of the chest?

Gygoracdes

Hello ESO fans

In the German-speaking forum there is a topic that some are annoyed about;
When I unlock a chest I only take the items that are relevant to me.
So items like lockpicks, worms as well as property materials that hardly sell at the dealer, I leave.
Now there are people who want to dictate that you have to loot everything, otherwise you would be anti-social
or selfish because the next player will find the garbage in the chest.

I ask you to define "anti-social" here and now.
Can you be anti-social in a game?

Muahaha ... I laugh myself dead.

So one can assume that;
So the players who grind / farm gold, XP, dolmens or materials are egos and anti-social.
Because they shave off entire areas so that the next player has none of them or too little.

Now I want to know the following from you.

Do you automatically loot everything in the chest or only items that are relevant to you ?
How many chests do you discover which have been looted before ?

DTStormfox

Personally, I like it if people would take everything from the chests (and resource nodes) such that I would not have to waste time opening chests (or gathering resource nodes) finding only trash inside of it. Since I wouldn't like finding only trash inside the node because somebody else was too lazy to simply take it all, I decided to use the principle: treat other's like you would treat yourself. Hence I always take everything from the node, such that new resources can spawn for the next person.

Tryxus

Open Chest -> Press R (take all). That's how I roll

Nestor

Bait sells...

zvavi

I either take everything, or nothing. I have no ESO+ so severe inventory issues, so I usually ignore chests/mats etc, but if I do look at one, and decide I don't want it later, I leave everything inside, including the 150 gold.

AlnilamE

Everything in a chest has value, even if it's just to vendor.

I never leave anything behind, and if I find a partially looted chest, I just empty it and move on.

redgreensunset

Gygoracdes wrote: »

Hello ESO fans

In the German-speaking forum there is a topic that some are annoyed about;
When I unlock a chest I only take the items that are relevant to me.
So items like lockpicks, worms as well as property materials that hardly sell at the dealer, I leave.
Now there are people who want to dictate that you have to loot everything, otherwise you would be anti-social
or selfish because the next player will find the garbage in the chest.

I ask you to define "anti-social" here and now.
Can you be anti-social in a game?

Muahaha ... I laugh myself dead.

So one can assume that;
So the players who grind / farm gold, XP, dolmens or materials are egos and anti-social.
Because they shave off entire areas so that the next player has none of them or too little.

Now I want to know the following from you.

Do you automatically loot everything in the chest or only items that are relevant to you ?
How many chests do you discover which have been looted before ?

Except if you completely loot a node or chest it respawns fairly quickly, leaving something in it and it'll take much longer because the node/chest waits to be completely looted (seems to be 30-40 seconds) before despawning and only then does the respawn timer begin. So yeah you're kind of a *** to your fellow players if you don't loot completely.
My personal MO is E then R, then leave.

AlnilamE

redgreensunset wrote: »

Gygoracdes wrote: »

Hello ESO fans

In the German-speaking forum there is a topic that some are annoyed about;
When I unlock a chest I only take the items that are relevant to me.
So items like lockpicks, worms as well as property materials that hardly sell at the dealer, I leave.
Now there are people who want to dictate that you have to loot everything, otherwise you would be anti-social
or selfish because the next player will find the garbage in the chest.

I ask you to define "anti-social" here and now.
Can you be anti-social in a game?

Muahaha ... I laugh myself dead.

So one can assume that;
So the players who grind / farm gold, XP, dolmens or materials are egos and anti-social.
Because they shave off entire areas so that the next player has none of them or too little.

Now I want to know the following from you.

Do you automatically loot everything in the chest or only items that are relevant to you ?
How many chests do you discover which have been looted before ?

Except if you completely loot a node or chest it respawns fairly quickly, leaving something in it and it'll take much longer because the node/chest waits to be completely looted (seems to be 30-40 seconds) before despawning and only then does the respawn timer begin. So yeah you're kind of a *** to your fellow players if you don't loot completely.
My personal MO is E then R, then leave.

The devs have said the timer starts when interacting with the node/chest and that partially or completely looting it makes no difference.

BisDasBlutGefriert

Same as @Tryxus . I Open the chest or node, hit X on the gamepad to take all, then be merrily on my way. If there's stuff I don't want/need, I either decon it, or give it away for free in zone chat since I'm guildless.

Nairinhe

I take everything including the trash left in the chests by some inconsiderate horker. Gold is gold and may Fezez's golden paws be thrice blessed.

Gygoracdes

redgreensunset wrote: »

Gygoracdes wrote: »

Hello ESO fans

In the German-speaking forum there is a topic that some are annoyed about;
When I unlock a chest I only take the items that are relevant to me.
So items like lockpicks, worms as well as property materials that hardly sell at the dealer, I leave.
Now there are people who want to dictate that you have to loot everything, otherwise you would be anti-social
or selfish because the next player will find the garbage in the chest.

I ask you to define "anti-social" here and now.
Can you be anti-social in a game?

Muahaha ... I laugh myself dead.

So one can assume that;
So the players who grind / farm gold, XP, dolmens or materials are egos and anti-social.
Because they shave off entire areas so that the next player has none of them or too little.

Now I want to know the following from you.

Do you automatically loot everything in the chest or only items that are relevant to you ?
How many chests do you discover which have been looted before ?

Except if you completely loot a node or chest it respawns fairly quickly, leaving something in it and it'll take much longer because the node/chest waits to be completely looted (seems to be 30-40 seconds) before despawning and only then does the respawn timer begin. So yeah you're kind of a *** to your fellow players if you don't loot completely.
My personal MO is E then R, then leave.

there is no antisocial behavior in the game my dear !!!!

Define anti-social ...

Ragged_Claw

Finding half emtied chests was especially annoying during the event when we were all farming for coffers. I'm not going as far as to say it's ant-social, but it is selfish... It's the work of seconds to take the stuff then delete what you don't want from your inventory. If you're having such severe inventory issues that one rubedite sword is going to take you over the edge, maybe spend sometime getting rid of your rubbish before looting chests/nodes or look into getting ESO+.

In Summerset over the weekend, almost every chest I found was already looted, so I was like 'Yay! a chest! Oh no. Yay! a chest! Oh no.' It's very sucky.

Jinxxy85

Gygoracdes wrote: »

redgreensunset wrote: »

Gygoracdes wrote: »

Hello ESO fans

In the German-speaking forum there is a topic that some are annoyed about;
When I unlock a chest I only take the items that are relevant to me.
So items like lockpicks, worms as well as property materials that hardly sell at the dealer, I leave.
Now there are people who want to dictate that you have to loot everything, otherwise you would be anti-social
or selfish because the next player will find the garbage in the chest.

I ask you to define "anti-social" here and now.
Can you be anti-social in a game?

Muahaha ... I laugh myself dead.

So one can assume that;
So the players who grind / farm gold, XP, dolmens or materials are egos and anti-social.
Because they shave off entire areas so that the next player has none of them or too little.

Now I want to know the following from you.

Do you automatically loot everything in the chest or only items that are relevant to you ?
How many chests do you discover which have been looted before ?

Except if you completely loot a node or chest it respawns fairly quickly, leaving something in it and it'll take much longer because the node/chest waits to be completely looted (seems to be 30-40 seconds) before despawning and only then does the respawn timer begin. So yeah you're kind of a *** to your fellow players if you don't loot completely.
My personal MO is E then R, then leave.

there is no antisocial behavior in the game my dear !!!!

Define anti-social ...

It's nothing to do with antisocial. It's just bad manners to leave your trash for someone else to pick up. I always loot 100% of the chest and always clear up the bits others are inconsiderate enough to leave. I play without ESO+ but never touch a node/chest unless I intend to remove the whole thing. It's just manners.

Nairinhe

Gygoracdes wrote: »

redgreensunset wrote: »

Gygoracdes wrote: »

Hello ESO fans

In the German-speaking forum there is a topic that some are annoyed about;
When I unlock a chest I only take the items that are relevant to me.
So items like lockpicks, worms as well as property materials that hardly sell at the dealer, I leave.
Now there are people who want to dictate that you have to loot everything, otherwise you would be anti-social
or selfish because the next player will find the garbage in the chest.

I ask you to define "anti-social" here and now.
Can you be anti-social in a game?

Muahaha ... I laugh myself dead.

So one can assume that;
So the players who grind / farm gold, XP, dolmens or materials are egos and anti-social.
Because they shave off entire areas so that the next player has none of them or too little.

Now I want to know the following from you.

Do you automatically loot everything in the chest or only items that are relevant to you ?
How many chests do you discover which have been looted before ?

Except if you completely loot a node or chest it respawns fairly quickly, leaving something in it and it'll take much longer because the node/chest waits to be completely looted (seems to be 30-40 seconds) before despawning and only then does the respawn timer begin. So yeah you're kind of a *** to your fellow players if you don't loot completely.
My personal MO is E then R, then leave.

there is no antisocial behavior in the game my dear !!!!

Define anti-social ...

Inconveniencing other players on purpose or by negligence is pretty anti-social: Anti-social behaviour

peacenote

OP, it's considered polite loot everything so the chest can re-spawn again for someone else.

This is what I do.

There is little excuse not to loot everything if you have ESO Plus and/or are on PC, because items like worms go into the craft bag and there are so many mods that can auto-destroy items you don't want. Farming with this setup is a win-win, as it is faster to just loot all.

I sympathize with those who don't have ESO Plus or mods as the inventory mini- game is not for everyone, and the difference in experience for those folks may contribute to the arguments.

The game is designed to allow for farming (it is a core MMO concept) and I don't think this activity in and of itself is rude or anti-social. Some Trade Guilds even have farming events, which are very social! What IS rude and anti-social is botting, which is against the TOS.

Personally I don't come across half empty chests or nodes very often. Maybe I am just lucky!

TwinLamps

Loot chest completely
it will respawn faster
making it possible loot target for you as well
Anything else is not only lazy but rude

anitajoneb17_ESO

Imagine you're out in the wild, see a treasure chest, get out of your way to reach it, even combating a few foes along the way, then open the chest and find nothing but a note saying "ha ha ha gotcha".
That's how opening a partially looted chest or node feels like.
As to defining social/antisocial, fair/unfair, considerate/inconsiderate, polite/impolite, etc... I guess that's your parents' job. If they did not manage to make you understand the basics of sharing a common place with other people, I'm afraid we won't.

orion_1981usub17_ESO

Its absolutely wrong ethically to partially loot a chest or node due to respawn timers. Which is why its actually very rare to find partially looted chest. Most people are naturally good out of habit alone, they don't even need to know why you loot all.

Folk that don't simply conform to this practice are probably more than likely sociopaths and desire greatly casually enjoyment of anothers momentary discomfort. They wait in zone chat to hear someone shout about taking all the items from chest.

Once any pleasure has been derived they immediately log out, and return to their dark and dingy basements to rub the lotion on the skin.

Seriously just loot all or dont loot at all.

ganzaeso

The problem with not looting everything from a chest is that node will not reset until fully emptied and is not instanced per player. Most players would prefer a fully stocked chest when they go to loot it. By leaving a partially looted chest, you are essentially cheating another player out of the full loot opportunity you received.

I personally think ZOS should program it like crafting where you have to have enough slots to perform the action. So if you do not have enough inventory slots to take everything from a chest, you don't get to interact with it at all.

This would help cut down on the number of chest left partially looted.

bearbelly

Take everything. Leaving your trash for someone else is not appreciated.
If there is something you don't want, destroy it after you've taken the items.

Same thing for Thieves Troves.

redgreensunset

AlnilamE wrote: »

redgreensunset wrote: »

Gygoracdes wrote: »

Hello ESO fans

In the German-speaking forum there is a topic that some are annoyed about;
When I unlock a chest I only take the items that are relevant to me.
So items like lockpicks, worms as well as property materials that hardly sell at the dealer, I leave.
Now there are people who want to dictate that you have to loot everything, otherwise you would be anti-social
or selfish because the next player will find the garbage in the chest.

I ask you to define "anti-social" here and now.
Can you be anti-social in a game?

Muahaha ... I laugh myself dead.

So one can assume that;
So the players who grind / farm gold, XP, dolmens or materials are egos and anti-social.
Because they shave off entire areas so that the next player has none of them or too little.

Now I want to know the following from you.

Do you automatically loot everything in the chest or only items that are relevant to you ?
How many chests do you discover which have been looted before ?

Except if you completely loot a node or chest it respawns fairly quickly, leaving something in it and it'll take much longer because the node/chest waits to be completely looted (seems to be 30-40 seconds) before despawning and only then does the respawn timer begin. So yeah you're kind of a *** to your fellow players if you don't loot completely.
My personal MO is E then R, then leave.

The devs have said the timer starts when interacting with the node/chest and that partially or completely looting it makes no difference.

In that case the devs are either giving incorrect information or it is bugged. I've tested out numerous times because I was curious and the respawn time does not appear to start until the node/chest is gone.

WastedJoker

I am not being over the top when I say that people like the OP should suffer by only ever having slightly too hot soup for the rest of their lives.

Gygoracdes

People, if I solder everything I have a problem with inventory space.
I do not have an ESO + and therefore I will not buy it.
If I solder all *** I can tidy up my inventory after every 3-4 hours of play ...
sorry I don't feel like it. The inventory space at ESO + is also limited.

I do not solder anything that brings me nothing ... sorry.

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I paid for the game, it runs on my account, in my name ... I don't play for myself for others ...
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Nairinhe

@Gygoracdes you aren't here to get other's opinions, you're here to show off yours, right?

Btw, I picked everything even before I had ESO+ and merchant, it just meant that some stuff got destroyed or sent to a friend for returning and keeping it in mail. So there's no excuse for you being what you are.

Ye_Olde_Crowe

I take everything.
Personally, I don't like to be left with the undesirable rest - I'd rather wait for a fresh respawn.
I will still take the leftovers if somebody else just picked the good stuff, but I'd prefer a fresh chest (or none at all).

anitajoneb17_ESO

redgreensunset wrote: »

In that case the devs are either giving incorrect information or it is bugged. I've tested out numerous times because I was curious and the respawn time does not appear to start until the node/chest is gone.

Someone here ( @code65536 if I remember correctly, but I'm not sure ) ran some tests and the results confirmed what the devs said.

It is, however, still unpleasant to go out of one's way to loot a chest with only trash left in it.

madrab73

There should be a 10 minute cool down if you fail to take everything from a chest

kathandira

Gygoracdes wrote: »

Hello ESO fans

In the German-speaking forum there is a topic that some are annoyed about;
When I unlock a chest I only take the items that are relevant to me.
So items like lockpicks, worms as well as property materials that hardly sell at the dealer, I leave.
Now there are people who want to dictate that you have to loot everything, otherwise you would be anti-social
or selfish because the next player will find the garbage in the chest.

I ask you to define "anti-social" here and now.
Can you be anti-social in a game?

Muahaha ... I laugh myself dead.

So one can assume that;
So the players who grind / farm gold, XP, dolmens or materials are egos and anti-social.
Because they shave off entire areas so that the next player has none of them or too little.

Now I want to know the following from you.

Do you automatically loot everything in the chest or only items that are relevant to you ?
How many chests do you discover which have been looted before ?

The reason to take everything is so the chest can be respawned with new loot. If you leave it there, it will sit there with trash in it. If you take everything it will disappear and respawn with fresh items. You are screwing over yourself, and others.

TwinLamps

redgreensunset wrote: »

AlnilamE wrote: »

redgreensunset wrote: »

Gygoracdes wrote: »

Hello ESO fans

In the German-speaking forum there is a topic that some are annoyed about;
When I unlock a chest I only take the items that are relevant to me.
So items like lockpicks, worms as well as property materials that hardly sell at the dealer, I leave.
Now there are people who want to dictate that you have to loot everything, otherwise you would be anti-social
or selfish because the next player will find the garbage in the chest.

I ask you to define "anti-social" here and now.
Can you be anti-social in a game?

Muahaha ... I laugh myself dead.

So one can assume that;
So the players who grind / farm gold, XP, dolmens or materials are egos and anti-social.
Because they shave off entire areas so that the next player has none of them or too little.

Now I want to know the following from you.

Do you automatically loot everything in the chest or only items that are relevant to you ?
How many chests do you discover which have been looted before ?

Except if you completely loot a node or chest it respawns fairly quickly, leaving something in it and it'll take much longer because the node/chest waits to be completely looted (seems to be 30-40 seconds) before despawning and only then does the respawn timer begin. So yeah you're kind of a *** to your fellow players if you don't loot completely.
My personal MO is E then R, then leave.

The devs have said the timer starts when interacting with the node/chest and that partially or completely looting it makes no difference.

In that case the devs are either giving incorrect information or it is bugged. I've tested out numerous times because I was curious and the respawn time does not appear to start until the node/chest is gone.

I can say that from what I saw non fully looted chest stays there for much longer, and I am sure I aint the only one to notice that

bmnoble

I have auto loot turned on in settings so I take everything sort it out later, can't remember the last time I had a look at what was in a container to loot aside from stolen stuff which I turn off auto loot for.

Leaving stuff behind slows down the re-spawn of the next chest/node etc...

There are usually what about 4 - 6 things in a container in general, if your that short on inventory space that you need to pick and choose what your going to take, take the hint and visit a merchant already.

It would be anti social if you were one of those people that starts clicking the interact button when someone else is at a chest waiting for them to fail so you can steal the chest from them, then leaving behind only the junk.

Is it anti social to leave stuff behind in general, no, do I think its bad manners yes.


Its like the game equivalent of littering, your leaving behind what you consider rubbish for the next person who comes along.


That said every once and awhile someone like you does not realize you have left behind a set piece worth 15 - 100+ K of gold on a guild store, does not happen often though sadly its usually junk that can only be sold at a merchant.

nukk3r

Gygoracdes wrote: »

People, if I solder everything I have a problem with inventory space.
I do not have an ESO + and therefore I will not buy it.
If I solder all *** I can tidy up my inventory after every 3-4 hours of play ...
sorry I don't feel like it. The inventory space at ESO + is also limited.

I do not solder anything that brings me nothing ... sorry.

No one can prescribe what I have to loot and if I don't do it I am considered an ego or anti-social.
I mean how disabled is that?

I paid for the game, it runs on my account, in my name ... I don't play for myself for others ...
if it were so that you play for others then please give me a billion gold ... or me call yourself egos.

Dude, you're a textbook definition of antisocial. You don't even pretend to care about your fellow players, when confronted you act hostile, and you refuse to accept that you're in the wrong here.