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Old 09-13-2011, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Autotune [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
I think we can all agree that the current system is indeed, not classic. Adjusting a non-classic system slightly does not make it less classic or more classic. ...
I don't think you can satisfy everyone(guild) on p99 and try to stick to the "gotta be super classic" especially when things aren't classic already. ...
Actually, you can adjust things to be "more" classic very easily. Classic IS a matter of degree. For example, if every raid mob had a variance of 1 second on Live, and the p99 variance is 100 seconds, then reducing it to 50 seconds is "more classic". Suggesting some complicated script that makes mobs more likely to pop (how do you even do this?*) when Trak is in window is "less classic" than what we have now. Suggesting a reduction in the length of the variance is "more classic" since the variance was smaller in classic. The fact that lots of things aren't classic is certainly not an argument in favor of introducing yet another non-classic system. Like I said, let's just keep things simple.

*The way the variance works, I'm pretty sure it's impossible to do what you're asking. I think whenever a raid mob dies, a random timer between 5 and 9 days (for the 7 day bosses) starts, and when it ends, the boss spawns. It's not as if whenever their window opens, there's a super small probability "p" of the boss spawning, and you can just double that when trak's in window - when the boss spawns is predetermined and it would be very hard to program what you're suggesting in a way that still makes it equiprobable that a boss spawns at any given moment during its window.
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