Asking a favor from the two top guilds on the server

[Sephyre]

Velious and a second server (released simultaneously) is the only real way this gridlock will ever break imo.

These problems existed on live, but new content came out so the top guilds moved on and the lower tier guilds moved into the older expansion content. Classic was out for too long, and Kunark has been out for way too long.

(Not the devs fault, they do an amazing job, just is what it is).

You also have a community that has been fire-hardened with competition. The fighting for the top on this server isn't going to go away, there are just too many people with the attitude of kill it if its up.

That's also pretty close to how it was back in the day, with some servers being FFA and others having rotations (which came and went).

I really hope a rotation gets up (even if its just 1 week per 3 months), as its a real shame that small guilds can't do _anything_ but I guess that's a byproduct of the age of the game and the experience of the playerbase.

I don't think you should dwell too much on Sirken's 'create your own zerg!' post. If anything, it should be clear that the variance/FTE system is not achieving any of its goals.

At this point, anything that reduces the burden on the admin/dev team to allow them to focus more on Velious should be the focal point. A rotation (even a tiny one) is a step in the right direction for this.