What is BDA doing to work towards a raid agreement?

[Swish]

Originally Posted by YendorLootmonkey [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If one of the points of contention is guilds taking down targets they don't need to sell epic MQs, is it a possibility to turn off the ability to MQ epics?

This. Why do guildbanks with 100k-millions of plat need to sell epic MQs? Or twink a member's 6th alt?

Remove MQs and I'd say the raid agreement would be much easier to reach.

[Rhambuk]

Originally Posted by Swish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This. Why do guildbanks with 100k-millions of plat need to sell epic MQs? Or twink a member's 6th alt?

Remove MQs and I'd say the raid agreement would be much easier to reach.

You can remove mq's they will still try to keep those mobs on lockdown and either

1) the items will rot

B) they will sell the loot rights

[YendorLootmonkey]

Originally Posted by Rhambuk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You can remove mq's they will still try to keep those mobs on lockdown and either

1) the items will rot

This is exactly the kind of douchebaggery that landed us in this position, so I hope this sentiment is history.

B) they will sell the loot rights

Make this bannable, as it is counterproductive to the community/health of the server and, again, part of the reason we are in this position now.

[radditsu]

At least with "loot rights" they would have to be a decent level to get the item. 46 for planes etc etc.

[Thulack]

Originally Posted by Handull [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

your proposal sounds good to me, but i'm not an officer, and i'm also pretty flexible at this point cause i just want to have fun and not bicker on the forums.

Monopolizing content is fun to you? Should go play Monopoly then.

[Draagun]

Another reason people want to come back to EQ is that most MMOs have done away with winners and losers. Life hasn't. In some schools, they'll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer. Failing grades have been abolished and class valedictorians scrapped, lest anyone's feelings be hurt. Effort is as important as results. This, of course, bears not the slightest resemblance to anything in real life. This element on P99 makes it more real.

[radditsu]

Is eq real life?

Parents need to teach children about real life. Not 15 year old elf sims

[Rhambuk]

Originally Posted by radditsu [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Is eq real life?

Parents need to teach children about real life. Not 15 year old elf sims

That's a grade A sig right there

[Daldaen]

I'm a bit torn on the epic MQ thing.

On one hand, I think if you have lots of plat, you should be able to throw it into a twink or a new guildmates Rogue or Cleric Epic.

On the other hand, people are making a 'living' (in that it is their primary source of in-game income) off these MQs. To the point that you will see an Epic'd Rogue pick-pocketting in Neriak or Kaladim, or an epic'd Cleric camping Bergugle or Gimblox. (or a toon not of that class even). This blocks players who are trying to do their epic for themselves, which I have a problem with. Forcing players to have to buy their epic and blocking them from really doing the quest as it was intended.

The Velious epic changes are long overdue IMO. SOME of these are fixes to Kunark content, not Velious content. SOME are indirectly Velious content.

Bards - Spawned Trak via UDB --- Post-Velious Content?
Clerics - Spawned Zordak via Pearlescent Shards (/wrists) --- Post-Velious Content?
Druids - Spawned VSR / Fay
Magicians - Earth Staff off male revenants
Necros - Slime Blood off Golems --- Velious Content
Necros - Eye of Innoruuk off Hate Minis --- Velious Content
Rangers - Spawned VSR
ShadowKnight - Soul Leech off Golems --- Velious Content
Warrior - Hand off Hand --- Velious Content
Wizard - Cazic Skin replaced by broken golem

I forget when the Bard/Cleric epics were changed but I seem to recall hearing it was post-Velious. Some of those fixes coincide with Planar updates in Hate and Fear.

Unfortunately you really need the Velious Planar update to remove the issues on VS, CT, Inny as far as epics go. But the 4 bolded ones would lessen it a little bit. I'm to the point where I think just releasing the Velious Planar updates, with Iksar Armor, Minis and Epic pieces moved to trash/minis would be beneficial to the server. No more 1.0 Planes... 4 years has been enough.

[Rooj]

Whether MQing epics is classic or not, it should be removed. We've already dealt with so much stuff that isn't classic already, I wouldn't see what the big deal is. MQing epics is not one of my EQ classic memories, and is not the reason that we play EQ. It is detrimental to the server... So frankly no one should want it. I'd say Nilbog probably agrees.