A real world analogy of how my p99 politics work would be one of those very wealthy people that vote for Bernie Sanders. I don't think the raid scene works for most people, and I see no real world reason why it shouldn't. Other than most people currently getting pixils want to maintain the exclusivity of them (see: Hoku making sure no one gets a shroud after him).
The server staff cannot prevent people from staying up till 3 am to batphone mobs. But it could put in a rotation system that allows casual guilds to get some pixils here and there.
Lets get real: very few people choose to play this game if they cannot advance their character(s). Even if that advancement is very slow, it can keep people playing a long time. Keep in mind, if this was live, casuals wouldn't have 2 level 60s and nothing to do. Things aren't working like they used to on live mostly because of this.
There are three possible courses of action:
1) Keep more or less the current system that can only support two hardcore guilds.
2) Guild rotation to give casuals a wack at a mob once a month (give a full day to try any mob they want -- fuck it). This will lower the pixils for the hardcore guilds, but it will grant limited access to pixils to those that simply can't keep up with that schedual all the time.
3)Release Luclin. Luclin -- love it or hate it -- would solve a huge amount of the problems with multiple 60s, lack of raid content for everyone, and the inevitable burn out that will occur if this server is forever locked in Velious.
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