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Originally Posted by Frieza_Prexus
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Rotations tend to break in practice because it removes the impetus for smaller guilds to merge and ally. It inevitably leads to bloat. (Semi)random server resets are far more efficacious than any proposed rotation or similar scheme. It simultaneously enables lesser guilds to fairly compete on a more even playing field, and it still allows power guilds to fairly compete on a playing field where their advantages are still useful, but not overwhelming to the lessers.
As Loraen recently said, in matters like this the issue is with the rules and their implementation and not the players. Playing within the rules to your utmost is never unjustifiable. Cold and unsocial perhaps, but no moral or ethical culpability lies on those who stay within the bounds of the established order. The endgame environment stems mostly from the rules as they are.
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I must, for the sake of the idea, protest your second statement.
Playing within the rules is not 'never' unjustifiable. Not all rules are justifiable. Some rules are created with two potential intents that could lead to unjustifiability:
One: rules created in ignorance or incompetence.
Two: rules created for nefarious or selfish purpose.
"Law", or "Rule" does not equate to moral or ethical by their very definition. Not by a long shot.
But I digressed. The nature of this thread is not to corner TMO or any other guild, to accuse them or unethical practices nor to protest any one factor of the server. The purpose of this thread is for discussions to help make raiding more fun.
I've said it before that one of my personal most disfavorite parts of raiding here is the poop socking. Having to NOT play the game so that I can wait to play the game for a few minutes is not fun. It's not fun for anyone. You'll find it very hard to convince me that anybody actually likes not playing a game in order to play it.
I'm looking to spark discussion to make change. There are a myriad of ways to go about making raiding here more fun. I very much like the examples I gave in a prior post regarding sharing content and having races to beat times for double loot potential.
Another idea I like is having the timers on raid mobs change each week. Maybe CT respawns in 7 days +- 2 this week, then 5 +-2 next week, then 10 +-2 the following week, then 2 +-1 the next week.
Or a rule simply stating no poop socking.
None of these ideas has to be THE idea, but the more ideas we put on the table, the better our potential opportunity to make raiding here more fun for everyone.
Keep in mind here that I'm not just advocating this entire thread for myself. I'm not the only mind here I've ever discussed about this. Just because a few hundred people aren't all posting on these forums doesn't mean many of them really enjoy the current raid structure.
When I talk about sharing mind you, that's just the ethical part of me that thinks sharing is just better than not sharing. For any reason.
That's just me saying what I think is right, and it's a side note to the ideas behind changes in raiding here.