Will this work?

TheGuildWarsPenguin

TheGuildWarsPenguin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Los Angeles, California

Picnic Pioneers

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If you go into SF with galen, and then aggro the flame djinn, could you make it so the flame djinn kills the bosses so you can get the weapons?

derrtyboy69

derrtyboy69

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Jun 2005

The Clouds

Scars Meadows [SMS]

Mo/Me

wouldnt it kill you first?

dargon

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2005

The Seraphim Knights [TSK]

R/

Since you weren't involved in killing the boss, anything that drops wouldn't be for you, so no, I don't think it would work.

Makkert

Makkert

Black Beast of Aarrrrgghh

Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

The Biggyverse [PLEB] // Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

Quote:
Originally Posted by dargon
Since you weren't involved in killing the boss, anything that drops wouldn't be for you, so no, I don't think it would work. exactly.
Just look at the groups of White Mantle & dwarves fighting each other at beginning of infusionmission. Can't remember I ever got a drop there

Lexar

Lexar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Aug 2005

Organised Spam

W/

If you're taking damage from him, or if you're supporting a character doing damage, you can still get loot. If it was only damage based, monks wouldn't ever get drops, would they? I know that sitting around tanking, and not even bothering with melee, since smites are just better at a big group, will still get you loot.

Savio

Savio

Teenager with attitude

Join Date: Jul 2005

Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]

It's not damage based, but participation is somehow measured in battle. As far as I've seen when the game calculates drops it includes any of the dead creature's enemies for loot, so if you're taking Cynn and the others to the Ascalon Settlement, they get a share of the loot too. Well, I'm not entirely sure about that, but it's irrelevant to the OP's concern. As the bosses are your allies during the Galen Trask quest, you won't ever get drops from them. Otherwise I'd be killing Cynn to get Cynn's Henchie Staff.