Bard swarming ruins classic experience.

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

You can petition if you feel a player is taking up too many mobs in a zone.

We do appreciate it if you attempt polite conversation with the player you are petitiong first, however, and try to work something out so that everyone can share the zone in peace - this is almost always the first thing I will do when called into a situation like this. Obviously if a compromised can't be reached for whatever reason, I'll usually just limit the bard to a single camp and they'll leave on their own accord (after raging at me in tells for a bit).

Bottom line, for me, is that I'm more interested in making sure the group of 6 trying to XP has mobs to kill than the 1 bard PL'ing someone for platinum. This goes double for newbie zones, where a lot of people get their first impression of P99 and really start to "relive" Everquest.

Thanks for the reply. I usually do send a tell, and a few times have come to an understanding, but in general I just get ignored. It's not worth it for me to petition or find a new zone, I usually just log and check back a few hours or days later.

Unfortunately the 'play nice' rules require a level of civility and responsibility from people which is asking a lot, more than most seem to be able to muster. I find technical solutions work better when possible, but can only imagine how the various coding scenarios would break things at a fundamental level in EQ.

If it's as big of a problem in Velious, I'll just move on (or get my shinebox or whatever). I want to relive the classic vibe and exp where I did originally, not beg for scraps and hope someone is nice enough to leave a few mobs behind so they can be selfish.

PS - to the "omg kiting is totally classic" crowd - be serious - it was never 20+ mobs in a pull. It was more like 4-6, not a zone-destroying kites.

PPS - I'm not worked up over any of it, and really appreciate the hard work the volunteer staff puts in - we're mostly all older and have real jobs / kids etc these days [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I have limited gaming time, if it's not fun to me I'm not gonna invest the small amount of time I do have