you're both walking in circles and missing the crux of the argument
The 4-day windows were introduced to combat something that's a "natural" aspect of the game, but it's entirely fallen short of its intended purpose and today serves absolutely no purpose at all. Done. That's it.
If you want to know how to compete/abuse then this is how it's impacted the server:
It's forced guilds to mass recruit or devote entirely too much time or a combination of the two.
It's caused severe paleness among the top two raiding guilds.
With FTE -- and even during poopsock -- the amount of GM intervention required hasn't subsided and it's only caused more animosity between the two groups of pasty individuals.
It's caused those guilds/people that could potentially have provided competition during live to fall behind because of a useless server rule.
The only real pro at this point is that it decreases the "potential" amount of /petitions, and i say potential VERY loosely as even with the 4-day windows you buttheads keep butting heads.
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