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Old 09-02-2012, 05:29 PM
Acillatem Acillatem is offline
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Speaking strictly from the point of view of someone who has handled Rotation discussions in the past:

In order for a rotation to be warranted, 3 things need to happen:

* The rotation is fair for all parties involved.
* "Not having to poopsock" outweighs, or at least evens out the "loss of mobs" for the Guild(s) in primary control. In this case, Trak/VS, but also the ability to mobilize on OTHER mobs while camped out/socking.
* Does not eliminate "the thrill of the chase".

Look at past rotations that worked on P99 (Ragefire, VP, Trak). They met all 3 conditions and that is why they were successful. Enter BDA. Inconsistent competition outside of VS/Trak, and as far as competition on VS/Trak, unless I miscounted our DKP logs, you're shooting at roughly 20%.

*What you ask for is NOT fair to TMO at this point.

*A 1:4 win ratio on Trak/VS is not enough to put TMO in a position where a rotation is a better solution to camping at ledge or socking

*What you ask for eliminates too much of the chase (if limiting to Trak/VS then I would consider that acceptable - however I'm not in a position to make that decision)

*And tbh, BDA isn't to the point where TMO having a raid force camped out is detrimental to our performance on other mobs

Fix those 4 things, and then you at least put yourself in a position to suggest a rotation without so much backlash.

Velious is the big stink right now. On Live, if you were in a semi-casual guild - you knew that you had to wait your turn for content. You knew this going in and it wasn't a big deal. Kunark dropped and you got a little taste of Vanilla. Velious dropped and you got a taste of Kunark etc. It was never a huge issue becuz by the time a new expansion dropped, casuals were barely reaching max level etc of the previous expansion anyways so rarely was there this much "head butting" going on.

With this server maxing at Level 60, and Velious waaaaaaay behind schedule, and with us knowing ZEMs, and where to level, and PLs and twinkage etc....even casuals can be sitting at 60 (with an alt lol) and getting frustrated with the simple lack of something to do.

Compound that with the fact TMO still needs mobs like Draco and Maestro. We've had ONE BCG drop in the past TWO MONTHS - So it's not just for alts and shit like everyone "assumes".....these mobs still have items (in some cases BIS items) needed by MANY mains (not just a few people here and there).
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