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Originally Posted by loramin
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I <3 this post. And I also agree with a lot of it.
OF COURSE it should take time and effort to obtain top equipment. But nothing about rotations changes that: you still have to kill the dragons!
As far as EverQuest, the actual game we are all here to play, is concerned, everyone still has to "put in the work" to get the treasure by killing the dragons, regardless of the system that allocates the dragons.
Furthermore, for all your claims about the "time and effort" put in, the vast majority of members of the top guilds don't have to put in that time and effort. Yes the trackers have to stare at nothing for hours, and a few other members have to put in effort, but 95% or so of the guild is putting in no more effort than anyone else on the server ... so why is it better to have a server where only they get to kill the dragons?
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The competitive aspect and the teamwork involved of getting the dragon to your camp adds a layer of difficulty to killing the dragon and is something I find enjoyable and would not want to get rid of. To be fair, I'm relatively new to tov dragons, but different situations due to some variance along the line of a pull happens every week that make each pull different. So even though we are re-playing the same content, chances are I'm going to see a new situation on one of the pulls that I haven't seen before. This makes the game more fun imo and would be something I would not get to experience with a rotation system.
As far as time and effort go, I disagree with you that being a "warm body" or whatever in a raiding guild is the same amount of time and effort to get pixels as you would put forth in a rotation system. Try apping to Core/AM/AG (don't actually cause I know you love anon =P). Put in the time to get your character to meet their raid requirements, and put in the time on raids and earn the dkp until you can bid and upgrade an item on your shaman. And then tell me thats the same as scheduling Anon's ToV time slot for March 22nd @5 pm pst or whatever it would be.