Petition to have raid loot drop off random mobs

[Dullah]

k proof?

[Kraftwerk]

I'm looking forward to Elderan making good on his threats (are we up to like two dozen+ now?) to remove his pvp board, donations and leave the server behind.

I mean, he wouldn't just make empty threats saying he would do those things and never really have any intention of following through right?

[Elderan]

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

Again, for the seventh time, it's not classic, as I proved via Xegony. This is documented on the interwebs. Please stop repeating false statements. You're like a crappy politician in a debate who keeps saying over and over "drill in alaska reduce our reliance on foreign oil," 100x even tho it's completely false.

Like I said. All the content was dominated by one guild on almost all servers at any given time. There were a few exceptions though.

So should make the rule based on the exceptions?

[heartbrand]

Just one google caption off the top from googling xegony inner circle:

"Shards of Avalon / Ook Ook, Inner Circle, Illuminati Sancti and the Korean guild that would always take trak if the server updates were finshed at 5am [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hope this project is finished soon I cannot wait.."

Google is your friend.

[heartbrand]

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

Like I said. All the content was dominated by one guild on almost all servers at any given time. There were a few exceptions though.

So should make the rule based on the exceptions?

Please tell me the guilds names on each server of that dominated 95% of all content on all servers. Very intrigued and can't wait to see.

p.s., many servers had rotations.

[Elderan]

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

Please tell me the guilds names on each server of that dominated 95% of all content on all servers. Very intrigued and can't wait to see.

p.s., many servers had rotations.

List to me all the servers and the multiple guilds which killed mobs during the same time frame.

[Stasis01]

I don't expect there to ever not be one guild taking most of the raid mobs. What would be nice is to have them somewhat spread throughout the week, and throughout different time zones.

It is proven that no variance FFA will turn into one guild taking over, and never changing due to the fact that it is so easily cock blocked.

I don't reference live, or classic proof and dig through posts of an era that has no relevance to today, I just look to blue and see the success it has in its competitive end game, and the complete lack of population, competing guilds, boring and stagnant state of red99 for my proof.

I know Elderan is personally invested in non variance farming all raid mobs in two days and then leaving an empty server - but anyone from the outside looking at this box cannot not say it has been a gigantic failure to both attract new players, and retain the players it attracts.

If the ruleset stays the same, and EQmac see how end-game plays out here (I have seen it from Nihi point of view, and any competitors point of view) they will soon join the same cycle since release. a) join Nihi, b) quit c) be a non-factor like myself and shout about how this sucks.

I don't know if a small variance would be classic or not, I seem to remember a +/- 12 or some shit, I could be wrong - but having a small variance would spread raid mobs throughout the week, and actually promote a populated norrath.

Peace out nerds - and if you think I care about taking anything away from Nihi, I have nothing against anyone in Nihi personally, I just think the box is a failure with huge potential.

[Twainz]

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

We farm it because this is a PVP server. Allowing other guilds to get loot and gear up without fighting for it would just be stupid.

That is not stupid. What is stupid is being complete dicks about the experience of Everquest. We are all competitive gamers. We all like to win. Nihilum is the winner and has been for sometime. But even the winner shouldn't just fuck over everyone else. Is it really that fun to be stronger and bigger than everyone else on the server? I don't think so. I enjoyed letting other guilds get stuff, it makes it more of a challenge. What challenge is bring 50 lvl 60s with Epics/BiS to fight 20-30 People in planar gear with a few epics? The answer is never. The state of the server is horrible. Its either join Nihilum to get gear or fight them, lose, then quit. If Nihilum would let others have any chance, the server would be a lot more fun for everyone. I'm happy I am not in Nihilum right now. Killing shit with double the numbers needed is retarded. It shows no skill, its only a zerg. I remember when we left trak up and Raze was saying, "Azrael won't be able to kill it anyway." Look what happened. Azrael killed trak with a scrub force. Most of them died but a few lived. Remember what happened after that? MASS PVP. The few weeks after that trak kill were some of the most fun times I had on the server. A lot of people in Nihilum got excited. We finally had some competition. People came back from retirement and we even had fun losing the PvP and some mobs. Letting others have attempts boosts morale for the whole server and creates a better PvP environment.

TL[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]R

Leave a few mobs up so people can boost morale. Or put variance in for a month to try it. This server needs competition, not another blue guild.

PS

I would happily be against variance if you guys weren't such dicks over recruiting and steam rolling content you don't need.

[heartbrand]

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

List to me all the servers and the multiple guilds which killed mobs during the same time frame.

I would say the onus is on you considering I already provided proof of a server that is not the way as you described EQ to be. You're the one claiming it was this way on 95% of servers, so please back up your claim.

[Dullah]

With variance 1 guild on blue gets every boss they want 99%~ of the time.