[Pan]

I've long held that the staff controls the resource distribution curve (with the ruleset and how they enforce it).

In my time on p99, the loot/target distribution has looked much the same (apart from the TMO monopoly and R/C/FFA eras) - in that there have been two at the top fighting for dominance and serially consuming as much as they can. The guild names and the guild leaders change, but the outcome remains the same.

On the most basic level, I'm okay with that. Rogean's box, Rogean's rules. And if the two AAs (or whatever came before them or will replace them in the future) are adhering to the ruleset (as enforced) more or less, the outcomes will be the same as they've always been.

We'll (collectively) get cooperative now and then like we do, but to expect anything different (from the history that we've experienced) is probably silly.

In other words, it is what it's been...and will continue to be what it was.

It's on Rogean to decide which parts of the playerbase he wants to cater to...and, as it stands, it's to the more aggressive. His box, his rules.

It's on all of us to decide whether we want to log in and play under those rules.

Again, there's lots to be said for cooperation and being generous. But that's not the norm...and it's pretty ridiculous, historically, to expect too much of that too often.

If permanent, substantive changes come, I think they'll come from the top down rather than the bottom up. It's ultimately Rogean's call which types of players (aggressive vs. more casual on a continuum) he wants his system to serve with which targets/loots.

We all have ALL kinds of ideas about how to make it better or how to tweak things...whatever. But that's not our call. It's his. He's had prettymuch the same thing for as long as I've been around. So I have to believe that's what he wants and likes HIS box to look like.