Why do people go ANON when camping things?
 

Whats the benefit? Was just thinking after camping the AC for awhile that I noticed a lot of people went anon when they started camping the AC. Normally I'd give a quick /who XXXXX all to see if some camps were taken before heading out for the day- only to run into anon campers. Maybe it's just weird since I never tend to go anon myself.

In the end it's just nice to be able to shoot a quick tell and ask someone if they are camping a spawn before making the trek out there I guess.

Kinda answered it there :P

Yeah- but say for guards or even common dungeons doesn't it make sense to show populations in a zone? People would see zone populations and head elsewhere? You end up getting extra groups or people coming in who end up competing against you for spawns.

Do people really go out of their way to avoid telling people they are currently camping a spawn? I guess if something has a ridiculous timer that is being kept secret to the person or group it makes sense (ie raiding or some fixed spawn timers) but other than that I see absolutely no benefit.

Hmm
 

Well a lot of stuff are on timers, and people have the previous time of death. So they go anon/role when they camp something so other people can't easily determine whats up.

Purple name mafia, mother fucker.

all the total no lifers like to go anon or roleplay while they are farming all the items they sell to other super nerds in Rmt's

Some people don't want to be bothered while they play. Just because you feel it's unfair to you doesn't mean it is. They're entitled to /anon or /role as long as it's a function in the game.

/anon is required on a cleric/druid/wiz/enc

Truth.

"/who all zone count" works just because people are anon, does not hide the server quarry