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Old 09-11-2015, 07:04 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2015
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Default Laying claim to an entire zone?

This one's happened to me twice, so I figure it's worth an inquiry.

Been here about a month, give or take. Been swarming mostly since, well, mass homicide of mobs is efficient. I've been pretty strict about not pulling where folks are hunting and leaving enough stuff up for other bards to get in on the action (because there are always other bards, I think you all have at least 1 alt).

Which brings me to the question (TL;DR right here): Can a bard (or anyone AE killing, for that matter) actually claim to have an entire outside zone on camp?

Blue server if that matters (in case the rules differ on Red)

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I ask this because twice now I have been told, in no uncertain terms and from two people who appear to be in high(er) end guilds, that I was encroaching on their 'camp'. 'Camp' meaning every normal speed mob in the entire zone.

Both times I ran a /who and spot checked my kill area prior to pulling (I track constantly and can tell if a zone has been pulled).

On one occasion, the guy was /anon and we appeared to start at the same time on opposite ends. No big deal; I conceded my mobs to him and went about my business only to be told by his wife about how I allegedly 'desynced' him and inconvenienced their PL session.

That irked me a bit (the oozing sense of entitlement that was present in the banter, specifically), but I chalked it up to a one time occurrence and moved on.

During the most recent incident this other guy straight up said "this is my zone, move along, you're wasting my time." To paraphrase. This particular guy said it was first come, first served to lay claim to all of BW.

Full disclosure: I was an asshole right back to him in my reply so no sympathy points are sought here. I did, however, walk away after offering up my mobs (he declined and opted to bring his own pull down on me). He logged soon after and I noticed that he didn't follow his own first come, first served policy upon relogging about an hour later.

I've gladly handed plenty of swarms over to other bards, worked out a pulling rotation, or just grouped up and shared the exp. Whatever it takes to have fun.

However, these 2 instances were a bit too similar so I felt I should ask since I'm still fairly new.

If this belongs in RnF, please relocate.