Just about everyone knew how to clear the planes once they started on this server. On live you had to probably have someone tell you everything and then see it first hand multiple times. Plus everyone knows where to go to level up the fastest here too to get to raid level.
This server may be about half the population that most servers were on live just before Kunark, but the lvl 50 population (that is normally on at any given time) is certainly greater.
I played on Tunare and quit just before Velious and we were a bit lucky with the crowd we had. Tunare had issues but I think it was more due to overcrowding just before the Drinal split. We never had 70+ people in a plane while I was there... at least not unless it was one full force and to kill something that people had trouble with prior. But there was definitely never 2 separate forces at the same time...
I think a lot of that had to do with the fact that if you weren't apart of that first force, you knew you could just send a tell to the raid leader and show up a little earlier next time and probably get in as they would likely tell you when they plan on raiding next and would put you on the list. Most raid leaders on Tunare were unguilded or apart of very small guilds.
Tunare was with out a doubt by far the best live server at least up until Velious... I'll put it this way... of the 14 epics plus the Fiery Avenger... it was the first server to get four of them. Fiery Avenger went to Musk (sorry Drool), Ragebringer to Kaylum (in full Lustrous in Shaere's first pic here), Water Sprinkler to Kerania, and Fiery Defender to Loevon.
It was also the first server to kill the beefed up Venril Sathir as well as spawn and kill the Sister of the Spires. All of this was thanks to player co-op from all guilds. I don't believe any of these feats were accomplished without members from 10+ guilds or guildless.
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