That doesn't change the poopsockers from preventing everyone else from ever getting epics. I bet they would let things rot before yielding to the greater good.

When veilous comes out unlikely anything will change.
Those current contested targets will still be needed for epics at a minimum. When the epic loot gets moved off those guys onto new mobs, in the case of the gods, they get buffed and a whole new set of loot to fight over. Trak will be killed for his teeth still, VP loot still remains good. Djorn still killed for sky loot, Sky loot still good.

There simply wont be a fight out for trak breastplates, VS legs, and normal planar loot.

Why do people who are level 10 keep asking about endgame?

The grind to 60 is incredibly long and you will have every question answered well before you will be of level to even participate.

At level 10 worry about getting new spells and dual wield and worry about the other shit when it comes up.

Because I'd like to do some things I didn't when I played live. Leveling to 60 is something I've already done.

The absolute worst thing you can do on these forums is take RnF seriously. RMT and ridiculing the staff excluded of course.

I still don't get it.

You only want to level to 60 if you can get uncontested epic/god loot at the end of it?

Yes, you will have to compete for loot like on any eq server ever in existence

Hope that cleared things up.

Forums may represent a minority of players, but would you tell me that it doesn't accurately represents the raiding scene? That I could join a guild other than the top two and be able to participate?

I know the game. I know how long it takes. Which is why the fact that in my forum readings I haven't seen a single post about any other guilds killing any raid targets makes me leery of putting in that time just to be excluded from one of the big reasons that I would like to play here because I don't agree with the top two guilds' play style.

I only want to levl to 60 if I will be able to do things that I enjoy when I am there. One of those things is less-than-hardcore raiding.

Except the ones that had raid rotations.

Also, up to over 50 forages to get mud crabs for my shaman cudgel. Very classic.

And I fell off of Kelethin with my bard and didn't die. NOT CLASSIC!!!1!

The way things stand, this isn't going to happen so you'd be wasting your time playing. If you play certain classes you won't even have a shot at getting your epic unless you feel like farming 500-750k. This is roughly 83 FBSSes, 30 Jaundiced Bone Bracers, or 11 Fungi Tunics.

Odds are, from your description, you'll be doing no more than trash in PoFear/Hate and maybe the first couple islands in Sky.

I don't see the problem with doing planar/sky raids while working on your epic and possibly purchasing MQs along the way. Include actually leveling to 60 and that's a hell of a lot of content to possibly get through. You're months from achieving all of these things, so why not just play the game and reevaluate your priorities after you've gotten level 60, planar armor, and some progress into your epic?