Warm body reporting - I recently acquired a Facesmasher off Joralag for 200 dkp (not an exorbitant amount by anyone's standards) - dreams do come true in A/A. Also have almost full HoT armor, Epic completed, Hammer of Battle, Sky haste belt...My alt necro has 3 pieces of PoG armor and a Zlandicar Heart (and I can buy Emissary of Thule and Demi Lich from the guild bank at discounted prices). My Bard has full Hate armor
1) I play only during peak hours
2) I don't play on Friday or Saturdays at all
3) I am not on the bat phone
4) I work a full time job 50 hours per week
I am leveling alts 90% of the time when playing EQ. I simply sit in our team speak "wake up channel" while fiddling around in Oasis or KC watching Trailer Park Boys and if a raid mob is called I log into my monk and do whatever I can to help.
The top level guys in A/A simply understand how ToV works (train ups, pulling, mechanics) better than anyone else. Listening to the concerted effort it takes to set up a kill in Team Speak....there is no competing with them - its hard to explain how they can make a simple game like EQ sound sophisticated but god damn it if they don't.... I would not ever want to compete against Aikons for any reason in an EQ related raid for example, the guy knows his sh!t inside and out.
The one thing I will say is that you absolutely need to have multiple characters if you want to really enjoy being in A/A. As a melee main I pretty much can only take my monk outside ToV for 3 days a week unless I just don't want to participate in raiding. If you are a caster I guess you could just bind at ToV.
My main EQ goals are all outside of raiding (sans epics) so its just icing on the cake that the fine members of Aftermath let me participate. 10% raid attendance requirement = you should join if you want to enjoy EQ end game.
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