Re: Raid Situation

[Uteunayr]

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

I don't know why people think there shouldn't be any competition for raid mobs on P99. This is what older MMOs were all about when it came to open world raiding, especially Everquest. Part of that competition is SUPPOSED to come from knowing the TOD. Mobilizing efficiently and quicker than other players is supposed to be a part of the encounter. The obvious problem is that 29374234987 alts are logged off at each raid mob. This wasn't an issue in 1999. This is the kind of thing that we need to be figuring out a fix for.

Are there really that many people saying there shouldn't be any competition? I don't hear anyone advocating a forced rotation upon everyone on the server, in the same way I hear people advocating more cutthroat hardcore raiding upon people on the server.

The Staff proposal lets each side play their way, with their share of the toys. Competitive guilds get the majority of mobs, including VP to themselves, and casuals get to create their own style, be it friendly competition between one another, or through rotations between one another, which only introduces different challenges of diplomacy and alliance maintenance.

Both styles are classic, but on different servers. The server can be split in a reasonable way to allow both sides to play the style they like. Awesome. I don't see the issue.