"Fair and legitimate chance at a target" (cont)

[khanable]

^ consider takp

For reals

[necro316]

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

Somehow, this server has escalated to the point where no one remembers what EverQuest was really about and why so many people return to a 17 year old game. Giving in and pleasing the top few guilds has resulted in a jumbled mess of lawyerquesting, cheating, and stepping on everyone else no matter what the cost.

Saying that the raiding scene is fair because anyone has a shot at FTE on a mob and therefore has a chance isn't quite right. The people who benefit from these rules all gather in one spot so there's almost no competition. It's different than if every raiding guild was constantly getting FTEs, but there's no reason to not join the team that gets 99% of the spawns. These rules are only fair in theory.

I don't really understand why a place has to be made for people who obviously don't want what EverQuest offered back in the day. Classic wasn't about logging on to drag a mob to a zoneline in 5 minutes, or sitting on scout with 30 other people clicking furiously, or any other bs we currently do. Taking a step back from this shitshow makes it all look so silly.

Just rotate mobs. Make raiding more casual. Kick people out who make it a horrible place to be. This isn't a business. People still get pixels while sharing.

you're a hypocrit

there is no right way to play Everquest, just because you like to do some things doesn't make it "classic" or " the way it should be played" or "what it was about on live". It's Everquest, you make your own fun. People like to spend their days in EC tunnel making plat, others twinking alts, others raiding hardcore, others helping others etc etc...

your view of the game isn't the only one, you don't have the BEST way to play Everquest

grow up, people who spend more effort will get more loot. that's how Everquest has always worked

no offense pal but your parents should have smacked you a bit more growing up, you're embarrassing yourself

[Halfelfbard]

Crying scum.

[kotton05]

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

Crying scum.

Gettem

[paulgiamatti]

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

I had to take an entire guild to a different server to see content. So did Haggard Krew and numerous other guilds, not to mention the countless other guilds that crashed against the top 10% and straight quit. Raid scene sounds super healthy.

You won't find a fan of the raid scene in me, but these are basically the best possible arguments one could put forth in its favor. Your guild played a pivotal role in trashing the R/C system, and HK was nearly as toxic and corrosive as Lorb Bob. I can't really think of any other notables - Indignation was a slightly less shitty version of HK. We all know what happened to IB, TMO, Taken, Asgard, and The A-Team, but I guess you could say the homogenization those guilds into larger, more poop-socky entities is the essence of the problem.

[kotton05]

You forgot FE and full circle, both of which basically merged with tmo (not BDA for some reason)

[Ravager]

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

Nah, half the charm in 1999 was meeting people from across the world and joining them in grouping to slay orcs, goblins and dragons.

I know BDA likes its own instances but don't forget to mingle with others <3

There are better games for that too.

Do you think BDA is only Chest? BDA is more than one person and they do take apps, so yeah, they meet people from all over and slay orcs together too.

Why are you so mad that people can be dissatisfied with a hobby project that caters to a fraction of the people interested in it?

[Ravager]

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

You won't find a fan of the raid scene in me, but these are basically the best possible arguments one could put forth in its favor. Your guild played a pivotal role in trashing the R/C system, and HK was nearly as toxic and corrosive as Lorb Bob. I can't really think of any other notables - Indignation was a slightly less shitty version of HK. We all know what happened to IB, TMO, Taken, Asgard, and The A-Team, but I guess you could say the homogenization those guilds into larger, more poop-socky entities is the essence of the problem.

Velious trashed the R/C system. Hate BDA all you want, but there was never going to be R/C at Velious launch, so hate them for real reasons instead of made up ones.

[arsenalpow]

Well the rotation at least lasted for a year. That's some sort of progress, yet it was mocked and shamed by the class C guilds and largely ignored by the staff. The raid scene is a disaster because of two inflexible raiding entities and the staff that allow them to be man children.

I can't say this enough; p99 is not the place for you if you want to raid in Everquest, period. Phinny has instancing, TAKP has an actual rotation, or play a different game.

I was not happy leaving p99, my monk had everything I wanted based on the targets we could reasonably attain, a guise, all 5 PoM flowers, etc. The vast majority of BDA was also sad to leave because 5+ years is a lot to invest into a server/game. However, moving on to Phinny was so much healthier for the guild overall and everyone is exponentially happier. The officer core is only 5-6 people and their roles are well defined, no one is getting burnt out. As a guild you actually get to progress and your fun isn't dictated by a tiny sect of degenerates.

If CSG or Fires or Venerate or Anon want to continue scrapping for targets and socking for 16 hours at a time and being relegated to HoT or sky raids then I wish you all the best, but the second you make the switch to something new you'll realize how asinine the p99 raiding construct actually was and you'll get whiplash from the hindsight.

[Leiker]

Fact of the matter is that the server has vastly improved since BDA decided to go somewhere else.