Back when i played classic, Vox and Naggy were exclusively pick up raids. The community wasn't as pro as it is nowadays. It's kind of sad, because part of "classic" for me was joining those Naggy/Vox pickup raids, where everyone actually had a chance of rolling on items and winning something. Groups of 50 people wiping 3 times clearing to Vox and then wiping another 3 times on Vox herself before she went down. This will never happen on this server.
It wasn't until the end of the Kunark Era / Beginning of the Velious area when the whole thing progressed to a more professional level. There was competition, but usually it wasn't competition on the server itself but rather on Serverwide Firsts, Guilds competing versus other guilds for the top tier challenges, usually there wasn't even more than 2 guilds capable of doing this kinda stuff. The others didnt have the time OR the skill to compete.
Its sad in a way, but the playerbase on P99 is just too "professional" for the current content. It will never be the way it once was - that's just something we are gonna have to live with.
All i can say is, look at the items that are being "perma camped" right now. Besides CoF and RBB there's nothing really game changing when it comes to "High Tier" Loot. It will all be worthless once Kunark comes out. So by all means keep the content locked down, waste your time and get burnt out in the process.
I for one know the whole thing right now doesn't yield the kind of reward that justifies it (for me personally) to spend this huge amount of time camping stuff. Im just trying to have a good time.
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