All Players are Raid Suspended Until Further Notice

[Ravager]

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

creating new server to ease poppulation is classic

*start a new server just like blue p99
*allow anyone to leave first blue p99 for second blue p99
*allow blue p99 players to leave for red p99
*all these movements as one-time-only

that should drop the player bases to a more reasonable level on each server

asking 7+ guilds to negotiate to a 100% resolution is kinda hard to do

Probably easier to do than asking the GM's to increase their workload by 50%.

[Elmarnieh]

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

Ranger epic is a suicide device with slow proc, and ranger is hardly a top dps class to begin with. Wizard epic is a rune click with small mana regen, they can rune themselves without one, plus Gabstik staff is 15 more MR. Think I see 2 mages tops on our raids, so I doubt them having a bigger air pet is going to win us the mob. PD helm is 5 more MR than a tranny crown, every caster is capable of achieving 200+ Int/wis without much effort - one more cast of lure of ice isn't going to quarantee absolute unrivaled tyranny over Velious. The expansion is going to be about coordination and raiding properly, not about blowing a 32k dragon up with your one extra lure cast. Cheal chains wont be done with NS robes that can and have been bought at EC btw. And the first thing every guild should be doing come Velious anyway is farming arena and whatnot for gear upgrades.

You're splitting hairs over 5 items total here as a massive gear advantage that somehow makes blocking off the entire raidscene for months a genious strategic move for the raiding guilds.

And do attest the last paragraph of my post: not raiding hurts us more than maintaining any minimal gear advantage could possibly help us.

Earthcaller is not the part of the epic that is currently blocked its also not the major upgrade half of the epic and you know this. 14/24 ratio is comparable to sky sword and stats are comparable but 40% haste with 30atk is a large difference maker. Wizard's having any mana regen at this point in the game is huge and a self rune is also very very nice. Epic mage pets are beasts in this era and in velious and having them is greater than not having them as every guild likely doesn't have many mages so the fact you don't have many isn't really a negative. PD crown is how many hitpoints and other saves more than tranny crown? I mean come on thats a freaking laughable rebuttal.

I'm not splitting hairs over 5 items - I am using 5 items as examples of the gear advantage that I am talking about. I could (if I cared to use my time doing so) do a stat to stat comparison for each class for the non VS and up mobs that are almost all locked by TMO FE/IB and then sum the differences for those classes. That would clearly demonstrate the increase in ability of having even 1 character geared at that level on an account as opposed to none. And since that is what we are talking about regarding advantage that is the comparison that matters.

The expansion of velious is going to be about endurance fights against 100k hp mobs where those multiple saves on the pd crown combined with hitpoints and mana GREATLY MATTER. Again the preservation of a considerable advantage.

[Elmarnieh]

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

Emphasis mine, because it is wholly inaccurate.

Really? Aside from a new server with new rules where in EQ history in this era had GM's every inserted themselves so obviously into in-game player interaction? Even the institution of the PNP did not cause bans by engaging mobs. This is literally unheard of in EQ even attempting to be classic. The only thing I can think of is the drunk GM who bound and chain summoned a guild into VP one at a time to put them in a death-loop who was instantly fired for doing so.

Citations will be required for your claim.

[Brut]

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

Earthcaller is not the part of the epic that is currently blocked its also not the major upgrade half of the epic and you know this. 14/24 ratio is comparable to sky sword and stats are comparable but 40% haste with 30atk is a large difference maker. Wizard's having any mana regen at this point in the game is huge and a self rune is also very very nice. Epic mage pets are beasts in this era and in velious and having them is greater than not having them as every guild likely doesn't have many mages so the fact you don't have many isn't really a negative. PD crown is how many hitpoints and other saves more than tranny crown? I mean come on thats a freaking laughable rebuttal.

I'm not splitting hairs over 5 items - I am using 5 items as examples of the gear advantage that I am talking about. I could (if I cared to use my time doing so) do a stat to stat comparison for each class for the non VS and up mobs that are almost all locked by TMO FE/IB and then sum the differences for those classes. That would clearly demonstrate the increase in ability of having even 1 character geared at that level on an account as opposed to none. And since that is what we are talking about regarding advantage that is the comparison that matters.

The expansion of velious is going to be about endurance fights against 100k hp mobs where those multiple saves on the pd crown combined with hitpoints and mana GREATLY MATTER. Again the preservation of a considerable advantage.

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

And do attest the last paragraph of my post: not raiding hurts us more than maintaining any minimal gear advantage could possibly help us.

And PD crown is 25PR and 5MR over a tranny crown. Woop, all that glorious advantage over, uhh, Wuoshi?

[radditsu]

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

Really? Aside from a new server with new rules where in EQ history in this era had GM's every inserted themselves so obviously into in-game player interaction? Even the institution of the PNP did not cause bans by engaging mobs. This is literally unheard of in EQ even attempting to be classic. The only thing I can think of is the drunk GM who bound and chain summoned a guild into VP one at a time to put them in a death-loop who was instantly fired for doing so.

Citations will be required for your claim.

Hi alarti

[Brut]

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

Hi alarti

Oh that explains it. Done replying then.

Still been making a point for ages when people QQd that they can't possibly compete with TMO in botb: Kunark loot is mostly tradable and there's a marginal difference between a VP geared druid and a non-VP geared druid.

[Xerxes]

someone arguing with brut. thats a first! gasbag worst

[cyryllis]

You fail to mention the most important point...crown never drops, or almost never. Its almost as bad as shissar gauntlets

[Brut]

Moreso arguing with this retarded idea in general where any guild willingly wanted this situation!

[Thana8088]

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

Hi alarti

Not Alarti. His name is Elmarnieh and he's an awesome ranger.

However, with your limited mental abilities, I understand your need to compartmentalize.