I do think it'd be very beneficial for the server to implement a few pre-agreements regarding some select Velious zones, agreements that everyone could get on board with. I have no doubt that the leadership, and
most TMO members would be willing to seriously mull these over.
For example, if you clear X % of PoG, you get first rights on Tunare. Or perhaps the first guild to down Ail The Elder has X number of hours or three attempts on her, whichever is first. Can you AoE the majority of PoG? This might factor into it. Here it might be permissible to set up an automated CSR script that tracks certain factions and announces when a single guild has obtained "rights." It wouldn't be non-classic in the sense that it would save a GM from logging on to rule, it'd have 0 impact on actual gameplay.
Sleeper's should be a no-train zone with a single exception: killing more than two warders should be a trainable event. I think we should have a safety margin by leaving an extra warder up at all times. It's just good policy. It also leads to more loot long term from the warders due to a lessened chance that the Sleeper will be woken. I'm saying it now, anyone who wakes the Sleeper for the lulz is a shitbag. I don't care if you're in my guild, it's an asshole move and you know it. This is one of those times where we need to break down the fences of mistrust and watch out as a community. Let's not turn this server into the
Stanford Prison Experiment anymore than it already is.
ToV-North should be non-trainable. Vulak is given to the first guild to kill X# of dragons. I think there's a VERY strong case to be made for tying all of ToV into a single repop scheme whose timer does not start until all dragons are down. NToV was a dragon crawl on live, and it should be here. Perhaps we could make it so that downing Aaryonnar allows a guild to "Pick" which dragon (or two or three) it tackles next (minus Vulak who is determined by first to reach X kills of dragons past Aary). On live downing Aaryonnar was very often the manner used to settle NToV disputes, and it would actually be fairly classic to use him as some kind of "advantage" granter. Also, if Vulak pops separately, he can easily be 3AM sniped. Without any other dragons up, his summon will be useless.
Vindi should not be on a variance, and it'd be nice to see a rule that he cannot be killed more than twice in a row by the same guild. Or make it so that the guild that has 2 kills in a row must wait 2 hours after his next spawn or whatever. Vindi is extremely common, but the BP is always going to be in heavy demand. I think we'd benefit a lot from a rule like that.
Also, I'm not sure if it's possible, but I'd love to see the entrance to PoM rehidden, at least for the first few months, as a way to make it "special" again. I think ShowEQ users might be able to see the zoneline? Maybe it could be a secret quest where the NPC teleports you there with the right dialogue? Just a thought. PoM was very special early on, and my server actually had a lower-tier guild get in a good bit before the #1 guild and it was refreshing to say the least.