Drop Steal appears to be back in play.

[n7rfa]

I've noticed that 'Drop Stealing' is now possible again.

I wish they would put the patch back in.

[Jaxad0127]

No. The time limit was reduced, thats all. We still need to do some tweaking to the system.

[Ces]

Personally I’d recommend about 10 seconds protection time, while five seconds is more than enough for combatting single mobs it can be a bit short while getting horded by several mobs, particularly so when the client “lags”. Maybe 15 seconds could do as well, but not much more than that. Me thinks.

<removal of unnecessary and long paragraph about why I think longer protection isn’t needed>

[Jaxad0127]

We have some more mechanics that we might implement as well, like removing protection if they get to far away or leave the map.

[n7rfa]

No. The time limit was reduced, thats all. We still need to do some tweaking to the system.

'Seconds' isn't long enough if you are in a 'battle royal'.

Why not do a 'half-life'? If the item will stay around for 60 seconds, have it restricted for 30 seconds and up for grabs for the last 30 seconds.

[Rotonen]

I was going to suggest the 30s drop protection as well.

Although the item could stay on ground for 2min to 5min in my opinion.

[5t3v3]

if the protection is long though, it might be helpful to bypass it for teamplay. Perhaps players should be able to put their dropprotection on/off? Or have the ability to form parties...