Ruinhorn wrote on Jan 4
th, 2011 at 4:39pm:
Ran a DQ elite, make it clear at the start I'm looking for the chain and no one else says they need it. I'm also the only in the party that can put it to good use.
Comes to the end one drops and it goes up for roll, 4 fucking casters rolled on it. Caster called Hallaster beat my roll, I asked why an 18/2 Wiz/Monk needs a Marilith chain and he said to use bastard swords.
I was pissed to say the least.
I sympathise with you. About a month ago a pure fighter looted the Greenblade because he wanted the Force Burst on it.
That said, why would anyone bother to say that they were also looking for the Marilith Chain and why would you think that mentioning that you were looking for it would grant you some kind of mystical dibs?
Arcane Spell Failure says that it's an exceptionally shitty item for an arcane caster, but seriously, when I went into ADQ, I'd sometimes mention that I was hoping for a Torc. The fact tha no one else said that they were looking for a Torc didn't somehow lead me to believe that it would be handed over to me if it did drop for someone.
Yes, it sucks that it went to a moron. On the other hand, maybe he isn't a moron. The reason that he gave sounds more like he was jerking your chain than just plain stupid.