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Originally Posted by Raev
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Please replace "time and effort" in your paragraph with "staring at a wall for 16 hours" and see if it still makes sense to you.
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I understand what you are saying there, and I don't think anyone would say that it requires anything but time to track. The time and effort I see goes into the guild coordination of leveling specific characters specifically for tracking and real people taking turns so no one gets burnt out. I surely don't mind tracking while I'm watching a movie or working at my desk for a few hours or helping to PL a tracking character. I pity anyone that literally sits there staring at a wall, but more power to them if they want to. If other guilds can't coordinate to do something similar, then that guild collectively doesn't want those pixels as bad. TMO and IB have people that are willing to put in that time and effort for the benefit of the guild as well as themselves. You may think it's ridiculous to put in that effort, but that is where the separation lies between C and R.
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Originally Posted by Erati
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Yes, to become class C you have to...
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A lot of that makes sense as well, but if class R is supposed to be a stepping stone, by removing FFA mobs you are removing opportunities for guilds to practice against class C guilds outside of repops. (1 per month?) I would imagine the FFAs would equal more opportunities to practice and hone your skills against class C guilds without sacrificing the class R designated spawns, enabling guilds to move up faster.
And I believe the designated class C protected spawns (outside of VP) were designated that way because they did give up a lot of spawns with the new system. If you look at it this way, no spawns are are off limits to class R (VP included if you're willing to make the jump), but there are numerous spawns absolutely off limits to class C that are punishable if engaged. A protected non-vp spawn here and there doesn't seem that outlandish when they practically could be wiping the continents clean. And if the system is intended for people to be moving up to class C, then those protected spawns make perfect sense as class C grows. At the end of the day I think this all comes back to time and effort as discussed in previous post. It doesn't seem fair that the guilds putting in more time, effort, and prep work get the lion's share of spawns? Does it bother you that class C is getting more loot? Then take a risk and step up to contest for it and you'll have a few protected spawns to compete against as well outside of VP. Nothing risked, nothing gained.
I'm just a talking head, and everything I typed may not have come out the way I intended, but where things don't seem ideal for everyone around here, they reflect the truths of life. Thanks for taking the time to expand my understanding of the current situation.