Open petition to reduce variance to +/- 4 hours

[Kileras]

I really dig earthquakes, but I also really really like resets. For a casual guild like ours, having the added time of 45 minutes or an hour to plan/talk with allies/prioritize targets is really a major benefit. We aren't really hampered by the problem of tracking / organizing trackers. The smaller guilds have issues with batphones and just having the coverage 24/7 to log in a couple full geared tanks and enough clerics/rogues to get the job done. We have proven ourselves with the ability to do certain mobs/get close to killing certain mobs with really low numbers or weird compositions... but it doesn't matter how good you are as a player if you aren't big enough of a guild to field 24/7 bat phone coverage. Guilds with large sizes, and a clutch set of hardcore players, i think take for granted the depth of their roster and the multiple characters/accounts people have. To reiterate, its not the windows/tracking that hinders smaller guilds, its strictly a numbers game of how many people you have to pull from that are pre-parked for a target.

i understand all sides of the issue though, and I don't hold it against anyone for doing what they can do to get their people their pixels. It does sorta feel like people should be given a shot to progress as a guild without needing to deal with the absolutely massive time sink for potentially little to no payout. The problem ( and maybe it isn't a problem) is that as soon as you get to the point of wanting to make a go at any of these mobs, you aren't casual. The raid scene is not for casuals and hasn't been since removal of a rotation. The raid scene is above all else "take everything you can get as fast as you can get it".

Earthquakes are a SUPER fun raid dynamic in my opinion. It promotes actual tiers of priority and raiding, involves mustering and getting places ASAP ( also really fun ), and promotes alliances for smaller guilds because taking the mob asap is always better than waiting. My dream scenario would be frequent earthquakes balanced between euro and US.


and no, were not merging, plz stawp.