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Old 10-09-2015, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Rooj [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
As I said before, the original rule was whichever group did the most damage. There was no real FTE but some GMs attempted to enforce that. There's a reason they are using most DPS on the EQ progression servers instead of FTE or anything else.
I don't ever remember a "most DPS" rule. As far back as I can remember, there was a very strict No-KS rule on Nameless and Brell. People even got a talking to from guides back in classic for killing an orc pawn that someone else had engaged.

This DPS race bullshit going on on the progression server is a ridiculous byproduct of the fact that live has like 1 GM working part time for 12 different games and they literally cannot afford to hire more GMs to enforce any kind of PNP. If you go back and read the posts on the live forums there is a TON of uproar over the abandonment of the 16 year old "Don't kill shit another group has a right to" in favor of this DPS race nonsense (aka wild west).

In fact, on servers that didn't have GM enforced rotations (like nameless), the rule was First in Force for pretty much anything.

In short. There was never a "do the most damage" rule in EQ before this most recent group of progression servers.