It's possible to get skinning at lvl 5, so if you were lvl 6 they should have at least had the courtesy to wait and see if you moved off without skinning it, before going after it. If I see a kill get looted, and then a player moves off with no obvious intent of skinning the kill, I'll wait a few moments and go get the hide myself. But running in the instant a kill is looted and going after the hide while someone is still standing there, is rather rude indeed. But unfortunately you'll see that sort of behavior on occasion.
Game Ettiquette question from a newbie 1520PV Thank you for the consideration. For Leatherworkers of the Horde persuasion, there is a series of quests to obtain the Wild Leather recipes. Two of which involved creating 4...
Conversely, another rather rude and thoughtless behavior (in my opinion), is the players who dissolution whole fields of beasts without bothering to clean the loot off of them, so that skinners who wander by have no chance to skin the remains. Thoughless and wasteful.
If you plan on being a skinner, be aware that there are some very valuable rare skins later on in the game, particularly from Devilsaurs, that the oppos- ing faction are often more than happy to steal right out from under you. The second you loot them, a hordie may have snuck up on the other side of the huge beast unbeknownst to you and be merrily clicking away to try to get the devilsaur leather before you can. It's a jungle out there :-) -Marshall
