[wycca]

There's no denying that using the word "raid" in the same sentence as a mob that has 32k hp is just stupid.

Nevertheless, if you want VP - go to C. There's nothing preventing anyone from dropping the rotation and getting more trak teeth - which is a significant and real barrier to entry. It's also entirely a side effect of being in the rotation. Past that, it's all organization & desire. If you don't got it, don't expect all the rewards to fall in your lap. It's everyones choice on how they play, but you can't expect every playstyle to have the same rewards.

The argument to make all repops FFA and to eliminate the FFA category from normal mobs is a good one - that's why I proposed it in the FAP forum months ago. It's a smart way to allow some competition (which believe it or not a majority of the R guilds want), without the stupidity of Cothduck-quest and poopsocks that Class C and FFA consists of.

On the flip side, this is all moot shortly. Velious being FFA is going to allow things to sort out, and I'll tell you that EVERY guild (yes every guild) is woefully unprepared for Velious. It's anyone's game....as long as people have some vision and are willing to put in some work. What's likely to happen is the guilds who don't do anything to make their future better (ie prepare for Velious) and don't get the resources ready (ie trackers & coth bots) in advance are going to be outclassed. Then they'll whine later about how unfair it all is....when they could've been spending the last 5 months (and the next 4 months) working to make their lot better. Yes, beta is a great resource, and people that don't have an ounce of foresight to see how insanely amazing having it available as a tool to hone your competitiveness for the next several years is...just needs to be banned from complaining.

While I respect and consider friends much of the R guild leadership that I talk to and have worked with, I am absolutely appalled at the utter lack of focus they've given Beta & prepping for Velious, and it's going to hurt their guilds' success immensely. Even C guilds have been making poor use of beta. So yea, Velious is gonna be a popcorn show, guilds will fold, new ones will be born, and don't say I didn't tell ya. It's quite possible that the guilds that simply show up (IB, TMO, and Taken) will end up doing well merely by dint of showing up, but there's room for a smart guild who is prepared to be a winner too...except nobody is taking advantage of that path. Total lack of foresight.