16 hour windows are stupid

[JurisDictum]

16 hour windows are fucking stupid.

Give me a reason for them.

Do they help casual guilds? no. It takes too many people willing to track.

Do they help make the server less hardcore? no, there are too many willing to stare that long.

Do they make the server better to play on? certainly not. Because their is nothing fun about waiting. The run up is fun -- but sitting down 15 hours before it basically disqualifies 99% server that has shit to do with their life.

I don't know the entire server history and why someone somewhere thought 16 hour windows was a good idea... But it really is a terrible idea. It is worse now that the windows are spread throughout the week.

Now that it isn't completely obvious that Awakened is the guild benefiting, I'm hoping some of their members will man up and admit they suck.

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[trite]

Server just needs more resets.....when awakened ate a raid ban, aftermath took their sweet time clearing ToV and spread out the windows all over the week....now instead of 16 dragons with 16 hour windows spawning within 48 hours in one zone, you have 16 dragons with 16 hour windows spawning any day of the week....

[JurisDictum]

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

Server just needs more resets.....when awakened ate a raid ban, aftermath took their sweet time clearing ToV and spread out the windows all over the week....now instead of 16 dragons with 16 hour windows spawning within 48 hours in one zone, you have 16 dragons with 16 hour windows spawning any day of the week....

We were trying to put them on the weekend and then other guilds interfered. It wasn't on purpose.

[Lojik]

You're right, they're dumb. Need 168 hour windows and auto afk booting

[Pokesan]

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

You're right, they're dumb. Need 168 hour windows and auto afk booting

[Raev]

Keep 16 hour variance, but the clock only runs when every NPC in the zone is dead.

[bspa0700]

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

You're right, they're dumb. Need 168 hour windows and auto afk booting

Why, so Azure Guard will still not show up to compete?

[Lojik]

Originally Posted by bspa0700 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Why, so Azure Guard will still not show up to compete?

The idea is to make windows long enough that tracking takes more work for the same reward, essentially every hour you track is worth less than before=disincentive to track. At the moment people put up with it cause they can set aside a few hours here and there and know there's a 30% chance they'll see a spawn. Afk autoboot to get rid of screen share tracking (a workaround to 2 boxing),and you'll have guilds that actually have to put in some mega time to get merbs=less 1 sidedness. Also with every mob up you can't really move away from a target even after you kill it, so top guilds will prioritize just high end shit and other stuff might be left up.

Sorry if we stood you up a few times, don't take it so personally we're just not into that scene as much at you are.

[JurisDictum]

Just to clarify. I totally get that tracking 16 hours is part of EQ...I just disagree that it should be every target every week.

[khanable]

Red doesn't have these problems