Originally Posted by Uteunayr
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Applying a "rotation" mindset to "World of Warcraft" is stupid, and Hyjal should feel ashamed for making such a terrible reference. It was done for absolutely nothing other than to get a knee-jerk reaction out of readers. World of Warcraft guilds do not need to rotate or compete for limited resources, instead they compete over who can kill the most number within their instanced bubble.
Now, on to the more fundamental issue.
The big problem I am seeing now is that the FFA guilds are saying that swapping mobs back and forth between them and more casual guilds (who may still decide upon competition, but with limitations such as re-engage timers on successive spawns, etc., it is up to them), that is a rotation.
This is the terrible perspective. This is why there is an incompatibility between the two ways of thinking, and if there is ever going to be an even balance, compromise needs to be made.
No one is telling the FFA guilds, the Class C guilds, to share their mobs amongst themselves. No one is saying they need to rotate among themselves. The 1/1/1 plan says that you look at website or program Rogean is working on to say which class got the last kill, and you compete over the ones that are coming your direction. If this isn't enough competition, then it isn't competition you're seeking.
Further, with the repops Rogean has proposed, there would be a plentiful number of mobs across the server as even Nilbog went along with making simulated repops not effect the normal spawn time, meaning you get the same number of spawns, split 33%/33%/33%, with the FFA ones falling more easily into the competitive tier, so 66%/33%. Then, you add in the fact that there are 2-4 respawns a month that do not effect timers, and you inflate the values further. Rogean I believe said that (before Nilbog agreed to making the repops not effect respawn timers) that with the respawn timers resetting, Class C (hardcore) guilds would see only a 7% drop in mobs to compete over.
Competition is classic. Rotations are classic. Cooperation is classic. Being a douchebag is classic. Rogean's plan permits each side to play their type of classic with their split of the toys, to compete over, or to rotate, or to compete in a more friendly way.
The only change I'd make to Rogean's plan is to say that if a guild wants to be Class C, they can just become Class C. Let Dolj fight with the other Class C guilds and get the type of competition they want.
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