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Originally Posted by Zuranthium
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Aside from it being blatantly untrue that you can take on most any content in the game with the setups you described, the "as efficiently" clause that you use to try and shrug off the game imbalance is a massive difference in downtime to the point where the game doesn't become fun.
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You are stating an opinion as fact. Personally, I enjoy doing things with sub-optimal setups. Until you push you're limits, you'll never know where they are. Also, its pretty bad ass to look back on one of those sub-optimal group experiences and think, "Wow, we pulled that off."
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Originally Posted by Zuranthium
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The other flaw in your argument is that it doesn't take "more effort" to find a tank/cleric/enchanter/melee dps/melee dps/melee dps. It simply takes those classes being logged on and available rather than other classes being available.
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Again, you are stating an opinion as fact. There are very few times when a war/cler/enc/rog/rog/rog aren't on, even if they're not LFG. Enticing them to leave their current group, EC, or travel to your way-off-the-beaten-path camp is
YOUR challenge, like pulling the 9.5 off Muscles Glasses.
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Originally Posted by Zuranthium
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If the game changes I propose were how the game worked, it wouldn't be a matter of just grabbing on 6 people and grouping together (although such a thing would be more viable than it is now), it would be a matter of picking the class and specialization combinations that create the best groups for the playstyle you want to attempt. There would be more player skill involved as well.
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Except "the game changes you propose" are already present in games, such as WoW, and they STILL have a tank shortage. In WoW, all the DPS are pretty much within 5-10% of each other, the healers are all equally capable, and the tank classes are all equally capable (this conclusion may not be 100% accurate, but compared to classic EQ, it is valid). On top of that, you as a player do not even have to find the group, the game will do that for you while you bullshit around. You know what happens? DPS still end up waiting 30-60min for a group because tanks and healers aren't "available".
In WoW, people are too lazy to engage tanks on their server in a social manner to get them to group, and tanks are too elitist to do randoms. Hasbinbad's analogy is dead on, if you put in the effort you can pull the 9.5 off muscles glasses, but you can also get your jollies with the fat chick. If you're really lazy/bad at picking up chicks, you'll go home to JILL.