"Fair and legitimate chance at a target" (cont)

[Barcelona]

I personally was not around during the R/C/FFA days, and I may not understand fully how it all worked. It is my understanding that this system allowed for all of the above requests, in a fair and negotiable way (everyone gave up something).

It allowed for the:
1. competition that some crave
2. a chance for those to enjoy encounters they may not otherwise have,
3. hell, it even allowed for the poopsock 16 hour wallstaring if that was your thing.

It seems to me none of these were all of the time 24/7.

All things in moderation I suppose

It almost seems what we need is everyone to come to the table and develop this system again, as it pertains to at least SOME VELIOUS RAID MOBS, if not, all of them. I for one personally enjoy the rush of competition, with no uncontested rotations. I guess what I am wondering is this:

Was this R/C/FFA system a way to have guilds compete with each other, with whom are on the same level, give or take, of competition?