Trexller tells you, '>> Tough love incoming <<'
If you know when the earthquake is coming, or even a long window for an earthquake, the entire purpose of quakes is gone. done. That would be Rog-Bog feeding you free spawns.
If your guild cannot get its members to the kill spot in less than 30 min (thats generous), then your guild just has issues. I would suggest batphone drills (seriously its been done). If you aren't requiring members of level who are online to attend raids, then you are screwing yourselves. You can't be a casual raiding guild and muster a force of 40+ in 20 min. It just won't happen. Ever.
Anytime ive been in a less-than-tier-1 guild, the biggest problem i saw, everytime, was the time from raid call to mob engage. I get so sick of being the first person in zone everytime, even before officers. I'm able to get anywhere in norrath, from anywhere in norrath in less than 15 min, average 10, porting class or not. WC caps, Thurg gate pots, OT hammers, Gate pots from potion vendors, shaman made port potions. Theres no excuse for taking longer than 20 min. If you cannot find a port, that is a problem with you. I honestly don't understand what takes people so damn long.
Raid call on a contested spawn does NOT mean any of the following: Go there after you find a group replacement, finish your quad, make some food, rub one out, change the laundry, take a shower, or whatever. Yeah EQ is just a game, you gotta deal with RL sometimes. but that's gonna eat away your response time. Time waits for nobody.
Tier 1 raid mobs are a race for FTE. Tier 1 guilds take a lot of shit for being assholes. Alot of players just seem that way due to the laser focus on getting shit done fast and smooth. So your cleric ghosted your group for a raid, they aren't an asshole, (well maybe not for that reason) thats what it takes to be competitive on P99.
TLDR: If you can't engage a tier 1 mob under 20 min from its spawn time, you lost it. Reflect on your failings and improve. Response time is the difference between pixels or no pixels.
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