The Sleeper to be awoken tonight in Rampage's final raid.

[Lazie]

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

True. I would like to have seen more outright bans, whether character or guilds, instead of suspensions-in-name-only over the last 5 years. Giving people something to lose instead of a time-out likely would have straightened things out.

I agree. For better or worse this would have kept petitions and lawyering from having a huge impact on this server. People would understand that when the GM's step in the hammer will be dropped.

[Daldaen]

They didn't have a server of 1000s of level 60s though. That is the primary difference.

5-10 guilds on this server could, if given a day or two, kill a few NToV Dragons.

On live though, each server only had 2-3 capable of doing so and they would stick to certain factions often times, so 1 guild went giant and 1 went dragon for example. So they rarely competed for the same targets.

I agree that players figuring out the best way to do things is great, but the problem is so many are capable of killing raid targets on this server that it boils down to who is willing to spend the most time waiting around for a mob to spawn. That to me is dumb. That's why variance has always been dumb (and not classic).

The thing I miss the most about raiding on other EQ servers was my guilds would have raid nights, starting at 6:30 or 8:30, then we'd send some Rangers and Druids to random zones, see what is up, and then raid for 2-3 hours and camp for the night. Do this maybe 2-3-4 times a week, and be happy with ourselves.

I don't see that ever happening on P99 so long as guilds remain as huge as they are and people have such lust for their pixels.

But maybe eventually a few more guilds will follow in Rampage's footsteps and quit and the server may be left with a situation that allows that to occur.

[Lazie]

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

They didn't have a server of 1000s of level 60s though. That is the primary difference.

5-10 guilds on this server could, if given a day or two, kill a few NToV Dragons.

On live though, each server only had 2-3 capable of doing so and they would stick to certain factions often times, so 1 guild went giant and 1 went dragon for example. So they rarely competed for the same targets.

I agree that players figuring out the best way to do things is great, but the problem is so many are capable of killing raid targets on this server that it boils down to who is willing to spend the most time waiting around for a mob to spawn. That to me is dumb. That's why variance has always been dumb (and not classic).

The thing I miss the most about raiding on other EQ servers was my guilds would have raid nights, starting at 6:30 or 8:30, then we'd send some Rangers and Druids to random zones, see what is up, and then raid for 2-3 hours and camp for the night. Do this maybe 2-3-4 times a week, and be happy with ourselves.

I don't see that ever happening on P99 so long as guilds remain as huge as they are and people have such lust for their pixels.

But maybe eventually a few more guilds will follow in Rampage's footsteps and quit and the server may be left with a situation that allows that to occur.

Yep. Can't agree with everything but respect your viewpoint. This server needed a split off a long time ago to another viable server. People just have the 1 option for the gameplay P99 presents. in 2001 they had a lot of servers.

[Ele]

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

They didn't have a server of 1000s of level 60s though. That is the primary difference.

5-10 guilds on this server could, if given a day or two, kill a few NToV Dragons.

On live though, each server only had 2-3 capable of doing so and they would stick to certain factions often times, so 1 guild went giant and 1 went dragon for example. So they rarely competed for the same targets.

I agree that players figuring out the best way to do things is great, but the problem is so many are capable of killing raid targets on this server that it boils down to who is willing to spend the most time waiting around for a mob to spawn. That to me is dumb. That's why variance has always been dumb (and not classic).

The thing I miss the most about raiding on other EQ servers was my guilds would have raid nights, starting at 6:30 or 8:30, then we'd send some Rangers and Druids to random zones, see what is up, and then raid for 2-3 hours and camp for the night. Do this maybe 2-3-4 times a week, and be happy with ourselves.

I don't see that ever happening on P99 so long as guilds remain as huge as they are and people have such lust for their pixels.

But maybe eventually a few more guilds will follow in Rampage's footsteps and quit and the server may be left with a situation that allows that to occur.

Ah I remember the days of running around for a few minutes on my druid between classes/work checking various zones to see what dragons/bosses to add to the MotD for that evening's raid time.

Also, there were servers that had geographically distinct populations that had little cross-over with other time zones or interaction with other guilds. A lot of US-based guilds got scraps on patch day by the time US Primetime came around due to the Asian/Pacific/Australian guilds sweeping in and getting the good stuff.

[Jarnauga]

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

We got dominated on ST key mobs until ironically you merged (all those Taken guys falling asleep) but apart from the early months in ToV (when we lost some of our more loot hungry pixel whores to you) that zone was on a way one trend to being owned by FA. See year to date kill lists.
Removing mallet- spamming on spawns seems to be the straw that broke Hokushin and thus rampages back. He made his displeasure obvious on Sirkens stream.

Necro'ing that: didn't you app to Rampage before being offered a DKP package to stay in Forsaken..?

[FatMice]

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

Necro'ing that: didn't you app to Rampage before being offered a DKP package to stay in Forsaken..?

If you're going to start this shit again, have proof. This shit is getting absurd. Didn't you guys claim to quit? Cold turkey is hard to do man.

[Detoxx]

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

I guess I was just hallucinating all those times Hoku would speak on teamspeak and id hear his keyboard keys in the background getting slaughtered huh?

This whole narrative you've created in your head where coth racing saved you guys from the evil autofirers of Rampage is fucking hilarious. You realize Detoxx fought to keep ToV rules the way they were right? Him and Hoku agreed to some shit like 1 representative max at a spawn or something and Pint wouldn't agree to it so finally Sirken said fuck it, back to regular ruleset.

Rofl. The blatant lies are just hilarious at this point. You guys literally went like 28/30 for 2 weeks in ToV. Think about that. Read back in Rampages updates on guild threads. TWENTY EIGHT FOR THIRTY. Yea, obviously you were doing it legitimate. And after that Hoku Fraps, anyone who believes that is dillusional.

Keep spinning away Feign. Keep spinning.

[Morlaeth]

^ Wow a Detoxx post without horrendous spelling/grammar? Color me surprised!

[Morlaeth]

So, Detoxx, was your wizard account banned or just suspended, by the way?

[Lazie]

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

Necro'ing that: didn't you app to Rampage before being offered a DKP package to stay in Forsaken..?

Skew left TMO when Forsaken split off and was in Rampage. He wasn't in Forsaken until he left Rampage. I sent him a tell when I came back and started playing again and talked to him. Me and him have been friends for long while in game. We've been in 4 guilds together now. He came to the decision that he wasn't happy in Rampage with the amount of time he had to play. He was very complimentary about some things you guys did and not so complimentary about others. He is however and always will be an asset to anyone who calls him a friend. I will always nag him until he is guilded with me if needed.

The guy is simply class and a fun guy to have around any guild.