1 - It changes very little about Kunark, and changes the "Crawl" raid encounters only a little. I think in your case, the word "spirit" is synonymous with "nostalgia," which, while a major power behind this server, is also a poisoned concept - nostalgia often clouds the reality of the past. It also allows hindsight, and all the innocence of the past is absolutely obliterated by experience. ToV will be a nightmare without one of two things - guild cooperation and coordination, or variance. Given the nature of people, I sincerely doubt the former can ever happen. If you want to be our Martin Luther King Jr. and unite us, do that.
2 - It's not classic. Neither is the need for IP exemptions. There *are* in fact people who feel very strongly about being able to multibox, and they should be able to, shouldn't they? I'm sure plenty of players never even thought to multibox in Classic, and had they known that it was even possible, more would have tried it in the Kunark era. They'd be considerate of each other, surely - all it takes is a consensus between the multiboxers, politeness, and courtesy and we'd never see things like a six man group at Fungi King run by the same guy for 48 hours straight. Right?
3 - There should be no need for the GMs to babysit, invisible hand or not. I can't argue with this. Nevertheless, it happened in Classic on multiple servers.
4 - Quick mobilization is absolutely foremost in EverQuest raiding. A competent crew capable of it is the full picture.
5 - The spirit of raiding is nostalgia, corrupted by hindsight.
The last one is a biggie... If a noobie comes here to experience classic EQ raiding he's come to the wrong place, unless he applies to a guild.
Almost forgot!
If you want to be the guy who forms a cordial consensus between the major raiding guilds on the server, I strongly suggest dispensing with the passive aggressive victim stigma you seem to project. I had no interest in trolling you. I don't agree with you. =)
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