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Originally Posted by alkalinesky
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There is this narrative that the strongest guild on this server is overly benevolent in their willingness to share rotated content with the underling guilds. They “graciously” share the less desirable content of the game with “far lesser” players who, in the dominant narrative, would never have a chance otherwise. Who knows, maybe they’re right. Maybe they could simply hold down all raid content 24-7 and force other guilds to kill orcs in Oasis at level 50 endlessly.
Or, maybe, this narrative serves a purpose to guide the server in such a way that this dominance is never challenged. We all know what our experience has been when there is a challenge for any 7-day content the dominant guild doesn’t want to lose. If they don’t just steamroll it outright, there are endless fraps and endless petitions and endless lawyer quests. They are happy with competition – to a point - as long as it is perfectly executed according to their standards. Any moves upward or outward of the box they have created for the server is seen as an existential threat to their status quo.
But the question for guilds like ours is; why do we continue to perpetuate a system that grants a sense of legitimacy to the dominant guild’s motivations and true intentions? Why do we allow this narrative of benevolence and inferiority to continue unchallenged? We decided not to. As I stated elsewhere, we are more than happy to lose fairly. I'd rather lose on our terms than win on theirs. And we will work to become stronger, more competitive, and more connected in the process. We look forward to the challenge.
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Seal Team would be getting a larger slice of every pie if things went to UN-less. Giving up 1/5th of every month's pixels to a failed "open raid" system that basically zero non-raiders even attend. The Federation and Seal Team would probably both benefit from it being gone.
Things need to be done by way of the UN, not the way of Seal Team's opinion. The Federation has a larger say. Why aren't you angry that things are forced to be done based on the will of The Federation?
Step back from the us vs them, look at the actual picture of the server. How many votes does each group have in the UN? How was Fear going for everyone before the rotation was agreed to? It's ridiculous that you just have this narrative in your mind and it doesn't matter how based in reality it actually is.
Leave the UN, let it fall apart, we'll see how you feel in a couple of months when you can't get enough Planar gear or Sky keys or quest pieces due to all of the mobs being FTE with loc'd spreadsheets and permacamped just like launch Fear. Then suddenly <Seal Team> will be the bad guy for the exact opposite of the current nebulous reasons.