I haven't read every single post on this topic but it seems an issue that a lot of players have is that there's no rotation in place for raid targets that would give everyone a "fair chance", one at a time.
Having played on Veeshan during live, I had never even heard of a raid target rotation until people started complaining about a lack of it here. If you wanted a mob, you did what people do here, you sat your ass in front of your computer in that mob's zone until it spawned. We'd be up until 5am trying to keep people from passing out at their keyboards by roll calling every so often.
Now, I'm not in any guild that raids anything on this server, but if I were, and it wasn't TMO, I would feel no ill-will towards them for getting there most quickly and efficiently the majority of the time. I might be pissed that *my guild* didn't get there, but that's another issue. If you're complaining about not getting a chance at the top raid targets, either get your guild mates to play more, or join the guild that does.
I play this game much less than the amount of time necessary to raid high-end targets. I'm perfectly fine with the fact that I am probably not even going to SEE trakanon until velious has been out for months. Things were different when I was 16 years old during live; now I have responsibilities outside of Norrath. Such is life.
My point is this:
EQ is a game that was designed in a way that requires you to put your life on hold to camp a fake dragon for fake loots. If that's what you are able to do with your time, more power to you. I'm envious. If it's not, you need to take a reality check and acknowledge that you don't have as much time in your life for fake dragons as you used to. Lower your expectations a little bit.
It's not a more dedicated guild's fault that they have more free time than you for said dedication.
Edit: and it is most DEFINITELY not the fault of the server staff, either.
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