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Originally Posted by Daldaen
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Sock-fests are encouraged only because Class C wanted them.
When they came to the table, people suggested a complete rotation to prevent the need to track entire windows but instead check hourly or bi-hourly whether the mob had spawned. Naturally IB and TMO shot down a rotation system, which led us to where we are currently with the Class system.
If there were no Class C/R, and everything were rotated and you were allowed to do your ridiculous competition in VP, with FFA respawns, there would be no sock-fests unless you want them in VP.
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Sock-fests are necessities to Class C (with short windows), it's competitive, and no loot means a failing Class C guild. But trust me, I'm in Class C, and I'd say the majority of us don't "want" sock-fests. Also, don't get me started on a complete rotation, we both know that's not what EQ was intended to be - a single instanced world means competing for a finite number of spawns. The day P99 goes to a complete rotation will be my last day on the server (but maybe that's what needs to happen.)
A possible partial solution is to add variance back to VP, but not outside of VP. I also wouldn't be opposed to FFA VP repops, to get other guilds in there and maybe increase the chance that they will jump to Class C (the intended result of the class system). I still want more competition, even with IBs recent success.
edit: And yes, I also know that EQ wasn't intended to be stuck on Kunark for 4 years. But it creates some interesting problems!