Open Classic Dragons Raid Agreement 2017

[Daldaen]

So if I read this correctly there may be 4AM Wednesday Nagafen kills if the window ends at 5AM? Hope you've got a strong Aussie crew to carry you on those days.

So when is the first one happening? Will be set after next Vox death correct?

[Swish]

OP being in Rustle... is Rustle on board? <3

[Smurflogik]

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

So if I read this correctly there may be 4AM Wednesday Nagafen kills if the window ends at 5AM?

If the goal of this venture is to get casuals in on dragon raids, wouldn't it make sense to push back the kill time when the window ends in the middle of the night? With the 12 hour grace period after the window ends, it seems like it could be pushed until morning?

Just food for thought. I'm really excited about this multi-partisan effort!

[Pan]

As far as the time goes:

Think there will be questions of favoritism/serving the entire population. (I'd prefer them to be all at 9am eastern, for example, for my schedule and Omni's.)

And then questions about pushing out the spawns further and further.

And this is a 24/7 server. People across all timezones. Your "middle of the night" isn't Hong Kong's or Brisbane's.

So I like the idea of letting the timer determine raid times (rather than the scheduler being the lightning rod for the inevitable flung shit re the times). Doesn't take that many to kill them...so a raid of 24 at an odd hour might be more fun than 100+ during U.S. primetime.

And all of them will have one week's notice. With that much time to plan, people will probably be able to juggle a little. It's not like it's going to be a spur-of-the-moment batphone or something.

[Illsiff]

I would like to thank you for this movement. Being new to p99, and EQ in general, (except for a level 12 Ranger on live in 1999) I find it discouraging to hear the raiding scene is so toxic. Makes for interesting forum talk, but I just want some challenging gameplay and a few pixels!

[Whirled]

I'll check this forum for more updates and could help or join up in some fashion. Thank you for your kindness in making this a thing for the community.

[Detoxx]

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

So if I read this correctly there may be 4AM Wednesday Nagafen kills if the window ends at 5AM? Hope you've got a strong Aussie crew to carry you on those days.

So when is the first one happening? Will be set after next Vox death correct?

You mean the 3 people it takes to kill Naggy?

[skarlorn]

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

Aftermath fully supports this and wishes you all the best of luck! Please be diligent in posting what week you plan to kill Naggy and Vox so there is no confusion.

I am also willing to help play any role needed for these raids if I'm available and the help is needed.

Good luck!

Once we finish getting signatures, I'll take the responsibility of informing the forum for each open dragon raid. I'll be seeking volunteer Raid leaders to rep their guild and help the casuals achieve victory. This will actually be quite a good time to make an impression on potential recruits (you never know what sort of degeneracy that first pixel raid will stoke in the hearts of nerds).

My plan is to have Cloki and Omni lead the first two Dragons, and then open each following month up to volunteers [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

And on the topic of time: yes, there will be windows inconvenient for your US casual. But there are Asiatic, Oceanic, and Euro casuals too. Furthermore, this proposal will create enough chances at success that losing a dragon or two to the 12 hour kill window isn't a big deal. Simply put, if the open raid can't organize within that reasonable time, it's unfair to slow down the rotation for all other parties.

[shuklak]

I have not logged into p99 since agnarr but your guys luck may have run out.

[Lhancelot]

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

My plan is to have Cloki and Omni lead the first two Dragons, and then open each following month up to volunteers [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is a great idea. This let's unguilded people shop guilds by seeing how their leaders interact with others on raids.