So I hate to post on page 16 of this somewhat derailed thread but just a thought-
Why not return to a rotation schedule and decrease the spawn time on the raid mobs? You can’t have a positive without a negative so you decrease the % rate of the drop items to offset the more frequent spawn times. Take the variance back out and say Naggy- 3 days from point of kill to respawn and if the respawn is cut 50% you cut the drop rate = amount. It is not a great option but I think reducing the poopsocking requirement will reduce some of the burnout and hard feelings that are tainting a very small community right now.
Seems like the current raid only has a "chance" of getting the item so why not spawn more with less % and every raid will still have a chance. This doesn’t flood the market or population with raid loot and then gives everyone a run for it on a civil schedule. I have camped frenzy for 10 hours straight and got no less then 12 rings in that time with no FBSS. Doesnt mean the next spawn wont be a 2-fer or 3-some all with sash's.
I have been watching the level of burnout skyrocket in the raiding guilds and to a lesser extent in the normal population and that is a sad state for this server. I understand there will always be the "classic" feel to poopsocking or staying up so long you have no idea what day or time it is. While those were great times when the game was actually new and we didn’t know much about spawns and loots we are all a little older and hopefully wiser.
I can’t say that what is drawing people in to continue playing on this server is the poopsocking. Call me crazy but if I have to watch 3+ movies just to hold a spawn my ass needs to relook at my motives. I can certainly play for more then 3 movies or even 1 season of a TV show but playing draws me in, not poopsocking.
I have a job, family, friends, and social commitments that don’t allow me to raid with the current state of affairs and that is OK. I have no hard feelings because I can’t raid, however I would love to raid but it is not going to happen anytime soon with this setup. However what I am seeing more and more is people’s attitudes changing (worse) and the servers attractive and appealing atmosphere is dropping. Again while we are trying to emulate classic we do not have the 1000's of players who were flocking to the live servers in the early days to supplement the players who are decreasing in play time or quitting on this server.
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