My anger on this subject comes from the point of view of a new player. Someone who has spent a lot of time playing p99 but may not know the ins and outs of the server just yet. Shaman's epic seems (from that position) like it's locked behind a wall where only the elite can obtain it. And while yes it is an epic so it shouldn't be handed out willy nilly. It does seem that the pay wall is absurdly high and for those non guilded it's nearly unobtainable.
One of the biggest false senses of accomplishment is the shaman epic quest line. You can go through it start to finish, Sit in CoM, or do turn ins. None of which are difficult what so ever. So you breeze through the factioning part of the epic quest and then suddenly get hit in the face with said pay wall or needing a raid guild. I feel this leads to many new shamans or alt shamans becoming frustrated in not being able to wield their epic right away.
-- lost my train of thought--
Also shaman is played far more on p99 that it ever was back in the day. Prices for items on p99 are entirely made up based on perceptions and then cast is stone until they magically get lower.
Yes there are harder epics to obtain but that's irrelevant.
ps. I have my SoF, I paid for it. /shrugs
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