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You can drop loot on another character's portrait to transfer it to their inventory, or drop it for them to pick up.

There are no classes, so no class specific loot (though of course there will be equipment that doesn't fit with your character build). In co-op mode I think most people are going to want to try different builds, so equipment shouldn't be much of a problem. I suppose one person could gab most of the potions, etc, but if the combat is balanced for 2 characters they are going to start running into trouble if their greed ends up handicapping the other player (assuming their behaviour doesn't outright discourage others from playing with them).

Also, there is friendly fire in the game. You can always 'accidentally' hit someone with a fireball, and then say "oops, sorry, I was just distracted thinking about that 4th time you grabbed loot in a row and didn't give me anything."

There were lots of times in the previous Divinity games where I debated which piece of equipment was better, given roughly equal damage/armour and slightly different bonuses. In D:OS even if two characters use the same build and same weapon type, it is unlikely they would have exactly the same preferences for bonuses, so it wouldn't be terribly hard to sort out the loot (second best probably being pretty close to best in quality most of the time). Even if someone got two upgrades in a row better than what the other person had, then the first upgrade would get handed down to the other player.

The game needs to be balanced for 2 main characters and up to 2 henchmen. There is not going to be a case where someone is walking around with a broom and nails pounded into it, and a pot on their head, because they got into a few conversations, while the person they were playing with went out and looted the only good equipment available.

I much prefer the "everyone sees the same loot" model over the "each person sees different loot" model, as done in Torchlight 2 and Diablo 3. The only thing I would suggest is maybe having a way to equally distribute gold that's found. It could either be a cheap spell, something like "Maynard's Coin Splitting Cantrip" (made by an old wizard to stop his grandchildren arguing) or something a familiar-type creature does, flitting between backpacks and making sure it's all balanced. In either case, it could be dispelled by another player, perhaps, and that would be like openly stating "Actually, no. I think I'm going to be a greedy bastard".

It's a co-op games which is meant for playing with a friend/partner, not an MMO....

So if you're friend/partner is too greedy go over to his/her house a slap him/her or just kick him off your session if you are the host....

Just kidding, the "first come first serve" system works quite well in most co-op games I know. Sure, it depends on your co-op partner but my friends and me, we want to have fun in a game and not arguing about loot....