[DF] - Party wealth disparity

[ericbsmith]

Originally Posted by Whyte

In any case, this reminds me of the McMoneybags selling the loot. After all, he is in essence dividing the excess. Many people have remarked that half-and-half of the excess is 'fair' in their mind, which would seem to support the above point.

Half of the excess would still be McMoneybags getting his full share plus 1/4 of everybody else's (everybody keeps the 40% they would have gotten, then splits the extra 40% halfsies with McMoneybags). In a 5 member group that's equivalent to McMoneybags getting a 2.66 shares when everybody else gets only 1 share. Which isn't far off from Langy's earlier suggestion...