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Originally Posted by Alawen Everywhere
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Personally, I think this system is terrible. I also think the current situation and anything else we've come up with so far are worse.
Until someone comes up with something brilliant, this is our best proposal.
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Couple things I would like to say on that note.
Suicide Kings is not perfect, there are definitely areas where it is weaker than others. I will be the first to admit that.
Suicide Kings is not my ideal choice for raiding either. I am relatively competitive, take pride in my in game achievements, and would prefer a more FFA system than that which I have proposed.
That being said, I think that at this juncture in time Suicide Kings is
feasible where others like a FFA or straight rotation would not be.
We would all love to see Kunark. The GMs would love to work on Kunark.
FFA at this juncture would be a mess that would require heavy GM intervention initially, and who knows how long it would be before things settled down between accusations at other guilds, claims of GM favoritism or fallibility, and the like. The current raiding environment and even forums are poisoned -- hopping straight into a FFA situation will be a snakepit. Who knows how long Kunark would be if they need to spend that much time babysitting us.
An enforced rotation would be a whole other clusterfuck of rules that will have to be perpetually reviewed to ensure all raid groups have followed them., in addition to any GM required situations.
Unlike either of the other two situations I believe strongly Suicide Kings *CAN* work where the others would ultimately fail and need more GM involvement, whether it is having to forever check first to engage, or ensure a guild is actually moving in on their rotation target.
There is the distinct possibility that after things calm down Suicide Kings could transition to a different system with fewer rules, or open it up to be more FFA. The reality is that sort of thing can only happen when the server tones down the present levels of hatred and dickery, and as it stands right now if I have to choose between a FFA clusterfuck, continued camping or Suicide Kings I will take Suicide Kings every time.