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Old 02-20-2014, 05:53 PM
Derubael Derubael is offline
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I instantly knew I'd regret clicking this thread, but,

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Originally Posted by Derubael
we wanted everyone to have a chance to experience content.
Bolded relevant section. We firmly stated (and this was from Rogean himself during the raid talks) that we would not be enforcing a rotation because we still believed encouraging competition was an important part of Everquest, being that it is one of the only open world MMORPG available on the internet today where that is possible.

Under the current policy, everyone is experiencing content, but again, this never was, and never will be, about segregating or forcing playstyles on others. If you want to compete in Class R, you can compete in Class R so long as you play by the established rules.

This statement:

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Originally Posted by Derubael
Asking Doljon to play a certain way AT ALL is hypocritical.
Was in direct relation to certain guild leaders position during the raid talks (IE, that forcing playstyles on others was unfair, unjust, wrong, and exactly what TMO/FE/IB was doing prior to the raid talks). My argument that their statement was hypocritical has nothing to do with my own personal views on the subject, I was pointing out the hypocrisy in taking a position against a guild who was trying to play their own way and attempting to 'force' them into playing a different way, while also maintaining that forcing playstyles is wrong.

inb4 rnf explosion.