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Old 11-20-2018, 12:48 PM
Supaskillz Supaskillz is offline
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There are a number of semi-casual guilds that raid. Azure Guard, Blood Guard, PS, Kittens, TSS, anonymous are the ones coming to my mind right now. The first 3 are probably a little more raid-centric than the others, but all raid some.

Only AM and Tempest are in the hardcore bucket imo, but even those don't have strict attendance requirements or anything like that to my knowledge.
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Old 11-20-2018, 01:47 PM
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So one difficulty of raiding as a rogue is the lack of mobility. Sometimes you'll park out for things that don't materialize. For example, you run over to Kael in hopes that Statue will spawn soon but he ends up going really late in window while you're asleep.

For me, it was nice to have alts so I could park my rogue at a target and then play another char or take care of other things in game -- sometimes you will wait around with your guildies other time you'll be antsy to do things while you're on. Raiding on a porter or gater is a little bit easier in that regard but I think it's better to play a class you love. With TL's and WC Caps rogues can be relatively mobile so it's not the end of the world for every encounter but you will be waiting to be engaged sometimes.

For some of the more casual guilds - they may have some "scheduled raids" which are nice for someone who doesn't want to play hardcore. That means Thursday from 6-9pm you're in sky or HOT or something and can get the most out of your few hours on. Some guilds are disguised as casual but really play more than "hardcore" guilds, they just are a little bit smaller, or prioritize different content. Some of the casual guilds really are very casual and capitalize and have the potential to take down the majority of game content so you can still see everything and get access to most loot.

For some of the more hardcore guilds - they may be raiding nearly 24/7 in a week. Meaning they're around TOV, they do things like ring wars, ST, VP, plane of growth, etc. In a 24/7 hour guild, you can play 24/7 (if u crazy) or you can just hop on when you're around and still prioritize the events you want to experience and probably maintain active raider status -- you really only need 10-15% attendance in the top guilds to be considered active. Some of the hardcore guilds will ask you participate in ways that make the game less fun -- you can't do this or do that and you have to play our bot or you suck and you need to play 24/7 and we have to kill ourselves over every encounter, others will realize that the game is really about experience and maintain a professional, efficient, and fun raiding environment. Not everyone defines that the same way so you'd have to dig more to see what guilds fit that description.

Don't be intimidated by raiding in this game. This isn't like WOW with limited rosters and a need for everyone to be addicted and insane 24/7. If you play this game long enough you'll support a lot of players when you're available and others will support you when you're not around -- also the DKP and loot policies will reward players who contribute more to the guild's success. As a rogue there's many ways you can help. If you want to play very hardcore and really master the game there is a huge ceiling and you could invest a billion hours. However, if you want to start as a strong damage dealing class -- you can still be an asset to any small/midsize/large guild on the server.

Best of luck to you!
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Old 11-20-2018, 02:48 PM
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You aren't going to get actual casual raiding on P1999. The game environment, with its lack of instancing, is not friendly to guilds that want to operate on a fixed schedule of their own making. If you want to do more than the low-end raids, the best you can do is join guilds that tolerate casual players.....which frankly is most of them because few guilds have the luxury of being overly choosy.

At the middle tier, there are guilds like Kittens, Paradigm Shift, Anonymous, Blood Guard, Second Sons, and others....all of which are pretty much exactly the same as each other except for the names. They want their pixels, they use DKP loot, etc...you might call them semi-casual if you're feeling generous. At the top tier you have Aftermath and Tempest, which are both basically pointless for a casual player to join (they'll take you, but casuals tend to burn out quick in those guilds). Azure-Guard occupies a spot in the middle where it's not quite top-end, wants to be but won't quite go to the lengths the others do. It's a common landing spot for players who want to get the best pixels they can without totally devoting their lives to EQ.

Pick your poison. If you want to obtain pixels beyond lower/midrange stuff in this open-world game, you'll have to make at least some dedication to do it.

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