Solution to prevent guild-stacking for numbers:
A guild can only camp and claim one raid mob at a time. If they wanna sit at naggy for 48 hours, they can claim it, but can't have another 15 people at Vox doing the same thing. Require raid leader to message other guild, or a game-wide /ooc by raid leader announcing the claim (more transparency).
Add the proposed variance spawn times suggested in the OP.
Add a 2 hour limit from the time the boss mob spawns to the end of the claim. The 2 hours can officially start when the competing guild messages the camping guild in zone-wide /shout and says "I see naggy has spawned, 2 hours starting now." This allows secrecy still (game-wide shouts "NAGGY SPAWNED!" is stupid), and requires the competing guild to still pay attention if they wanna put pressure on the camping guild.
Claim to mobs is as follows:
(1)Nagafen: First guild with 15 in zone AND having engaged a FG.
(2)Vox: suggestions, I'm not that familiar with her
(3)CT: (a) Unbroken fear: First to break fear aka first to kill 4 mobs (number change suggestions are welcome) with 12 people present. (b) Broken fear: First with 18 in zone.
This allows: (1)Each guild gets a shot at one mob a week that they really wanna raid, and the most dedicated get their choice of mob. (2) 2 hour limit puts pressure on camping guild, requiring speed, organization, skill, and preventing dummy camps (players afk sleeping while camping) somewhat. (3)requiring the competing guild to announce the start of the 2 hours upon boss spawn puts pressure on the competing guild to officially document the time limit and they have to pay attention. (4) the better guild still ends up with more raid mobs.
So here's an example:
Transc has more people on and zones into solb anticipating a naggy spawn in the next day or 2. Once 15 arrive in zone and after a FG has been engaged they announce in /ooc or aliz messages Otto saying "naggy spawn claimed." Transc can have 20 other people at vox or CT but they cannot claim rights to the spawn, only 1 raid mob at a time. IB decides to camp Vox (or really do ANYTHING they want to do because they know Transc can't claim other raid mobs). IB has a tracker periodically checking to see if naggy has spawned yet. Naggy spawns, and IB announces in solb /shout "I see naggy spawned, it's 6pm, 2 hours start now." Then lets say Vox spawns, IB kills her and rushes to solb. They wait at the start to FG area until 8pm, at which point if naggy is not dead yet, they are free to run in and engage provided naggy is not currently agro'd.
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