Case in point, I remember the same argument being made for Kunark when all we had was the pre-expansion game. The nonstop issues P1999 encounters with its high-end scene seem to me like a case study highlighting why newer games tend to make liberal use of instancing.
If you don't want to "sock," then don't. I don't. Heck I'd immediately disband from any guild that expected me to do so. It means I don't get those shiny pixels, but so what? No high end video game loot in return for not hating the time I spend online seems a good trade to me. Alternately, it should be remembered that every single person "socking" spawns is there because he wants to and chooses to be there.
If you don't want a full rotation, and don't want instancing, and essentially don't want anything that can stop this behavior, then you get this behavior. Can't have your cake and eat it too.
Danth
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