Raid Suspension: Bregan D`Aerth
 

As clarified early today:

Bregan D`Aerth had a raid force in the zone killing Juggernauts and Ilis Jail mobs at the time (More than 6 people).

Trakanon logs:

We found this log, 6 minutes before Trakanon spawned:

The location of this mob is after the invisible wall prior to the tunnel that leads directly to Trakanon, as indicated on this map:

http://www.project1999.com/bdajugg.jpg

That is way too close, not to mention the spirit of this rule should indiciate that it is unacceptable to have a raid force anywhere in the zone when a raid mob spawned, as it is an unfair advantage over the other guilds following the rules.

Bregan D`Aerth is raid suspended until 12:01 AM, January 28th, and loot has been deleted.

We screwed up here. Two of our raid leaders had not read the forums today (and missed the Clarification: Representative Limit thread). We were not intentionally socking Trak. Instead, we had brought about 20 people down to poop mountain to practice tactics a bit (hugging left wall, etc.) and were headed back toward the entrance - a lot of our members have never engaged Trak before.

Being unclear on the newly-posted rules, we blew it. I apologize to the GMs who were flooded with petitions, the other guilds that didn't get a fair shake at this mob, and to our members who are paying for it going forward. We won't make the same mistake twice and although it cost us, we’re glad for the new rules and clarifications of them.

Sadad
Guildleader, BDA

Cazic Thule/Dracoliche ~ Can not be in zone when mobs pop, what happens if guild is clearing Fear?

Innoruuk/Maestro ~ Can not be in zone when mobs pop, what happens if guild is clearing Hate?

Trakanon/VS/Naggy/Vox (Dungeons) ~ No raid forces in zone. All camped outside zone?

Severilous/Faydedar/Talendor/Gorenaire (Outside Zones) ~ No raid forces in zone. All camped outside zone?

So a raid force shouldn't even be in zone or is the entrance of the zone ok? Also, what about groups of people doing zone content, would they be excluded from being able to engage Trak? Would have zoning out anyone present when Trak popped have made a difference? We'll own our fuckup just like Sadad said but being the test case for all this is unfortunate when the rule was semi vague and clarification was asked for in advance.

Breaking the spirit of a rule isn't something we want to make a habit of but clearly defining the do's and don'ts will be necessary going forward.

GMs should not have to post a definitive list of particular nuances regarding every raid rule. The task of explaining every rule to the nth degree is taxing.

The rules are very simple. The GMs have extremely shortened the prior variance to make this as easy as can be.

If you want to engage a target, do not be in the vicinity when its in window. Do not camp out at targets. No more than two trackers / mobilization characters can be online at any time at a target.

I was informed that BDA was also in hate while maestro spawned and killed it (if I am incorrect please let me know). Poop socking zones with raid forces while bosses are in window with the guise of practicing or armor clearing and then engaging a raid target is clearly breaking the spirit of the rule set provided.

I imagine any guild with plans on raiding a boss mob will know when its in window. If you want to compete I would recommend staying out of the zones. Sometimes simplicity is the easiest solution.

If you find your particular guild in a situation where you may have had more people than the rules allow in a particular location when the mob spawns, you can always choose to not engage the target and thus you have not violated anything.

You are incorrect. We had 1 tracker in zone until he popped.

The rules are simple to a degree which is why we are asking for clarification. What constitutes "in the vicinity" ? Illis jail is too close, what about the zone in? Rogean said out of zone entirely.

We weren't in hate when maestro spawned.

We are all VERY interested in ensuring that we adhere to the rules and also wish to stick with the spirit of the rules so some clarification would help us all. The spirit of competition on the FFA mobs is a great one and we made efforts to participate appropriately through proper mobilization with our recent kills on the re-pop.

Some additional examples or clarifications would be greatly appreciated, not so we can rule-lawyer but so that we all can confirm that our overall approach to staging for the targets is correct or in need of adjustments.

For example, when VS is in R-Class window and Taken is up, we will not be permitting members in KC except for our trackers (same for FFA if we were interested in VS). This may be correct or it may be overkill but we'd prefer to err on the side of safety until we have a better understanding of how the staff would like to see these things work out.

My outlook is anything to give any advantage on moving toward a target is not allowed. Grouping in KC with VS in window gives certain advantages. Grouping in seb(besides king or juggs) does not give advantages. I don't think the hammer would fall down on a guild for having a couple people scattered through disco or chef, where you need to abscond anyway. Could be wrong.

Trolling Trolling Trolling..... Trolling Trolling Trolling....

GM's please respond, I don't think anyone cares what the answers are even if its just "Stay the fuck out of the zone if a mob is in window." (Simplicity)