When someone engages a raid target, and has absolutely no intention of killing it, but 'delaying' until help arrives to finish it off... is that not a stall?
I understand that this is acceptable behavior, and EVERY guild is entitled to do this, and this is the way it's always been done... I've just never understood the justification for how it's not a 'stall'.
At least with Sev / Fay / Talendor you can use the excuse 'Oh I'm pulling it, not engaging' (Which is equally debatable).
Are these tactics competitive? Yes
Is there racing involved? Depends on how you look at it...
-Is it a race to the target? Not really.
-Is it a race to get the FTE with 1 of your 2 'trackers'? Yes
As long as every guild is allowed the same tactics.. I don't REALLY think one guild has an advantage over another.
If I (and AG) had a vote -- we would definitely vote along the lines of a "First in Force + FTE". That just seems more like a fun raid scene than leaving it in the hands of 1-2 'trackers'.
The current rules/tactics do benefit the bigger guilds because they can just camp alts everywhere. I do think the "First in Force" would definitely increase competition for the bigger guilds and level the playing field for these FFA targets.
If we did go to a "First in Force" -- the only thing that would happen is guilds would need to keep a force camped in the whole time instead of switching upon pop via vent screaming and batphoning. So instead of 2 people sitting in EJ for 12 hours... guilds would need to have 20+ people sitting in EJ for 12 hours.
Another crazy concept for Fay / Talendor / Sev -- that will get blasted -- is to make the mob actually spawn at different spots. Knowing the EXACT pixel that these mobs spawn on is part of the problem.
It's not classic? Variance isn't either ... but it was implemented for situations like this I imagine.
~Phiren
Azure Guard
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