Some excellent points made all around.
I agree whole heatedly that there is fun to be had during FTE races. Pre Kunark I loved zoning in to Fear to race for CT... trying to gauge how many mobs still needed to be killed before you could successfully engage etc, that was fun. A few months ago racing for Inny could still sort of be fun. Hell I still have fun mobilizing for Naggy/Vox just because they require some path clearing first... creates a more "epic" feel if you will.
However, those at the upper echelons of P99dom have pushed the envelope of the mantra "work smarter not harder." So now instead of having two guilds race from the zone in we have eye pulls, we have people who will place their pet on spawn points etc. This is indeed a smarter approach and I commend those players for guaranteeing their guild's kill & loot. However, for me that breaks the game and takes the fun out of raiding. Pet's on Trak's spawn point? Ridiculous. FTE races used to be 5k races, now they are a 100m sprints.
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