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We can't ONLY apply this philosophy to the best mobs in the game, that kind of seems silly to me. Most of the active players at any given moment are not affected by what's going on in ToV. Honestly, people who are just dying want to get into ToV but just can't simply because of the raid scene are probably a very small minority. The more casual players are just concerned about maxing out int/wis or getting some decent weapons to do acceptable DPS etc etc. They aren't stressing out about AM, AG and Core are getting too many dragons, they're stressing out cuz they can never get the sisters camp in lfay or because they can't log in after work and get into a group without waiting on a list. The "competition" exists at every level in EQ, from lvl 10 solo camps to lvl 60 raid zones. With raid mobs you actually have a better shot against nolifers than you do with almost all desirable camps, because you can go for that FTE and get the kill if you can muster a force to do it. Instead of just waiting in line behind some unemployed bastard who sits on EQ for 19 hours a day. The fact is that if a rotation is implemented in ToV it has absolutely nothing to do with sharing or giving players a chance to experience classic EQ. It's just because the staff is sick of the petitionquesting. Something that could be drastically reduced if actual punishments were handed out to leaders of guilds that can't seem to assemble a force that follows the rules or abides by the agreements they enter.
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And on the topic of things that will never happen with the recharge system, it would be neat if charges were soulbound. So once you have clicked a mallet, reaper, soufire, idol that's the only time your character will ever be able to use it in his life. Preserves the "o shit button" nature of the items and makes recharging pointless. Just a random daydream there, obviously not a serious suggestion of something that will ever happen. | |||
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Originally Posted by Detoxx View Post I tried my hand at rotating with the casuals. It was at this point I decided to no longer be kind to the casuals as they have extreme short term memory. They did this to themselves, unfortunately. Quote: Originally Posted by Maner View Post No one in A/A cares that you aren't getting pixels. In fact after the last suspension wave the attitude is to stop letting the casual guilds get anything even remotely of value. | |||
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Oh if only we could cap Guild numbers and restrict Co-raids to Tunare/AoW....
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BiS loot in ToV being limited to the few "uber" guilds is completely classic. The current rules replicate the nature of classic everquest -- people who are willing to put in the time and effort PLUS join a raid guild get access to the best loot in the game.
If you want to experience the endgame, you should join a guild that has the infrastructure to contest the endgame. This was no different back in 1999. I would also argue that acquiring raid loot these days is much easier than it was back 20 years ago. AG has a very lenient raid attendance policy for bidding DKP, plus I think AM has a 10% raid attendance policy for bidding? These thresholds are within reach of even a casual player. More players have access to more loot in the current iteration of P99. However, the thesis of this thread seems to be "More _guilds_ should have access to more loot." This is so completely non classic, uber guilds have always dominated the raid scene.
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This is the mantra of the hardcore: "You are hopefully never going to get free pixels. Nevermind the fact that about 80% of our raid force pretty much gets free pixels. Because, uh, time and effort." Again, what work is 80% of the raid force doing besides getting to a zone and pushing buttons when told? Please explain how they are "putting in the work to get loot"? Oh, that's right... you can't, as many times as you would love to dismiss the hypocrisy pointed out here. I will concede knowing how the raid encounter works and communicating what needs to be done and when, tracking, FTE/pulling, and camping raid ez-mode trinkets can all be considered work. I gaurantee not everyone in the raid is putting in that work. Yet every warm body there earns DKP to bid on loot that they essentially got for showing up and pressing some buttons. But keep kidding yourself.
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