not a single player has told me to plan on raiding

[Tekman]

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[Lyra]

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

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[Sadre Spinegnawer]

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

Zephany still mad he got rejected because everyone fucking hated him.

sooner or later, the "ya'll just haters" argument makes you sound like a throwback to 90's rapper beefs. No one uses that argument anymore, you know. It is considered declasse. You sound strangely out of step with what normal rational people think these days. It seems to be your only reaction to criticism, the only arrow in your quiver, as it were. Are you retarded?

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

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

For every person that screams how all the batphoning, shitbaggery, training, dishonorable tactics are classic there is always another person that came from a server with rotations and a sense of decorum when it came to raiding.

if that could become a basic axiom, of these debates, we could cut out a lot of the BS, no? Some servers were more fluid, or cooperative, or just plain chaotic. Others were pioneering the poopsock.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

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

Fippy during the time period we're at right now on this server was absolute shit. There were entire SK armies set up with MQ2 to insta-spam harmtouch the second raid targets spawned. It was the EQ version of a nuclear arms race. Maybe it all changed after I quit and left the raiding scene there but up until when I left all the top guilds were assholes blaming each other for their own cheating.

truth. lived it. breathed it. spent a year on it. it was a cherished memory because, I seriouslydoubt I will ever, even if I lived a thousand lifetimes, see a more fucked up game world.

I can only gather, for Fippy and SOE in general, if you do not hack, youare a fool. They WANT you to buy subs. 30 sk's all macrod? np, money in their bank.

at that point, i LOVE this server.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

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

Fippy did not die to progression, boxing, or RaF. That conversation and circumstance defined a group of some 150-300 people, not the 3k+ that were playing.

Fippy died to platinum inflation via exploitation thru
1) fire opals
2) eggs
3) alchemy recipes

I reported the fire opal exploit myself. Eggs was widespread as well. Alchemy was the best kept secret and was the true killer. I knew several people who pumped 10+ million into the server. To give you reference, I was the richest person on Fippy pre-exploits, or, without using exploits. My mount of cash at the peak was something like 500kpp in 2 months, which is absurd. When that exploitation went wild my pile went to near useless as it suffered a degradation of a full order of magnitude of buying power. THAT is what killed Fippy.

The fact that sony's server's got hacked and kept people from logging in for several weeks was the final straw. Fippy death had absolutely nothing to do with the raid scene, at all.

damn tomtee. you did yer research. all true, too. that alchemist bug is what made me realize, shit, this server is not gonna be real. which led to all kinds of mayhem.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

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

Servers with rotations, at least mine, usually let the "Friendlyfamilyguild" have their shot when asked nicely, mostly because "Friendlyfamilyguild" weren't a threat to them. They were severely underleveled, didn't know the strat, usually didn't have the required gear, much less things like resist gear or clickies, not that they would have known what to do with those. They would just sit back and watch them wipe then move in for the kill, and still get thanked for the opportunity.

ya, that was before 9/11 tho, when the terrorists won

[Nune]

You down to be on a Batphone alert 24/7? Otherwise, quit bitching and level up. Plenty to be raided in casual guilds, and if you're willing to put the time in andget good at your class, TMO and FE always accepts talented members. Poopsock or not, their guilds are full of people who know what they're doing.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

I was on batphone before cellphones were invented, friend. landlines, dial-up, and a good relationship with a telephone repairman. that was how we rolled.

but in answer to your query: no.

and as to the top guilds always needing skilled players? On their best day, if they say to themselves, "who would the Queen herself recruit to her private guild?" the answer is always the same:


Sadre.

[Vild]

The way some people get energy from projecting their own misery on their surrounding never ceases to amaze. Add to that the way those people seem to find each other and do it in groups to multiply the effect.

Solution 1; Take the fight to them, in this case beat them at their own game.
Problem with that is you will become the very thing you hate; a greedy, cockblocking loot whore.

Solution 2; Don't bother with raiding P1999, enjoy the rest of the content solo or in a group. Dungeon crawling with big pulls will be just as fun as any Kunark raid (pre VP).
EQ raiding doesn't become serious fun until PoP!

Solution 3; Face the fact that it's been 14 years and MMO's have evolved. Let EQ stay a memory and realize that "first ever" is not the same as "best ever".

Don't bother flaming this, I wont read it and don't give a fuck anyway!

\V