[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think it's largely because of staff choices: they changed the meta of what counts as a camp, and also changed the positioning of the mobs around the fungi king.

Before (on live and here) Seb had two highly in-demand group camps: fungi king and crypt/emperor (plus other less-popular ones, like disco or bugs). People would happily come out to Seb to fill groups for those camps (or a lesser camp while they wait). As a result, the zone could support 24+ players.

But then the staff split crypt into four individual solo camps. P99 is all about efficiency, so if one Shaman is able to solo Heiro cloaks, that's going to become the standard ... even if it means there's now half as many highly desirable camps for 6-man groups.

Around the same time, the staff also did something (fuzzy on the details) with the mobs around the king, making it possible to farm him without less than a full group. Again, if you can just trio (or whatever) a fungi tunic, there's no reason to have a full group involved, so that became the standard.

With both fungi and CE gone, no one is gonna come out just to do Bugs or Disco, so at this point it's a BYOG zone. If it ever started to become a popular PUG spot again, the soloers/duos/trios would just take the best items and drive everyone else off.

There was also a period where you couldn’t xp in raid zones if you wanted to fight the raid boss when it spawned.