Gear and playtime don't give an advantage.

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

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

Establishing a guild is the only hard part the actual raiding is easy as long as you have the people camped and willing to log when the mob spawns.

As it sits now it's hard to recruit dedicated people because going through a 3 week app status beeline to vp gear is much easier than joining and helping establish a young upstart.

In the end as long as you are having fun though doesn't matter .

Pretty much, better equiped players get up to raiding level fast as well, which is actually easier to do on an older server despite everything being camped due to a more inflated, but pliable economy. There is some challenging aspect to starting fresh and being the 1st that many like as well.