I am a Warrior. I pick up my loot as it drops, since I am right there. But since we have a universal F-Key command to do almost everything, I am CONSTANTLY talking to nearby NPCs, or reviving downed players and NPCs , or picking up nearby objects by mistake instead.
Having an NPC chat window pop up in front of the action can be disaster. And it is HARD to disengage from reviving! I almost always have to waste a dodge roll to stop. (Is there a better way? I feel like my hand is super-glued to them!) And who doesn’t let out a snort of disgust when they accidentally pick up a cow pie in the middle of a frenzied battle?
If we could bind a separate key to picking up loot, it might help. Or maybe SHIFT-F could be the default? Something. Anything. I’m certainly open to suggestions.
(“Wait until after the battle to collect your loot” isn’t always a solution to this issue either. When you are doing a storyline episode, you often have NPCs shadowing you so close that the “Press F to Talk” is nearly constant. So even AFTER the frenzied encounter is done, they STILL often interrupt you from trying to pick up your loot.)
Build a man a fire, and he’ll be warm all day.
Set a man on fire, and he’ll be warm the rest of his life.
– Unknown Fire Elementalist