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Originally Posted by JurisDictum
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Yes, we know some people are willing to put in a ton of work for this game. That's the problem. We know there are people willing to sell platinum for RL money, that's a problem so we ban RMT. You guys keep pretending there isn't a problem. But almost everyone who isn't currently in the midst of top end raiding (most these people have addiction issues) says this server is a fucking death trap and stay away. This is almost entirely due to the raid scene.
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The real problems are more centered around...
1) GM intervention is inconsistent (This is what creates lawyerquest) and CSR has yet to have a GM on staff that understands the raid scene and mechanics fully.
2) The devs/admins are notably absent on almost all large issues. We get quarterly updates on patches at best and beyond that, it's radio silence. Devs/Admins appear to almost ignore/avoid the population entirely.
3) The raid scene is artificial. Dating back to the early days of IB vs DA, a precedent was created that somehow 2 guilds should dominate the end game raid scene when EQ is obviously designed to really only have one. In recent years, we've created rules that restrict certain mechanics, disallow certain spells, prohibit the use of certain items, etc... because a competing guild either A) Doesn't have comparable resources to compete against the other guild that does have those resources or B) Just doesn't want to.
4) Creating a raid scene where fledgling guilds actually have a shot at end-game loot. There aren't supposed to be 7+ guilds killing the end-game content no matter how you cut it. To be fair, there should also be earthquakes or simulated patch days that make this somewhat easier for small guilds to get their share.
5) Earthquakes and simulated repops. We were promised an average of 4 (and no less than 4) per month years ago. That average is probably closer to .05 or fewer repops per month and maybe distributed at a rate of around 10-12 per year. Again, absent leadership at the staff level.
Rules 1 and 2 are the real problems - the rest are really just a symptom of those.