Prior to raid scene changes, no guild saw a mob ever aside from TMO. We had 72+ hour variance and every mob on the server was locked down for multiple years. I joined the server when it was only BDA and TMO as main guilds, which is funny to imagine. It's not that guilds were not capable of trying or killing raid mobs; it's just the level of commitment it took to attempt mobs was not worth it to every guild except TMO. I believe TMO would even leave VP dragons up until at least 2 had spawned. FE formed to try to contest TMO, but they never really succeeded to a point where they were not the underdog.
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