Proposed amendment to Scout Roll

[LazyHydras]

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

There's good, and there's classic. Is it good (or I'd go farther: awesome) that everyone works together and helps each other? Yes. Is it classic? No.

That's the story of this place. Is losing XP when you die painful? Yes. Would it be "good" if you didn't? Yes ... but it would have a side effect, of making the game overall less fun (see WoW).

Same deal here. I truly do like that everyone gets together and helps with roll fights, but it's 100% unclassic, and it's precisely the reason why we have giant lines with tons of people rolling ... when on live Scout was pretty much a "show up, bring your raid force, and do it" kind of a deal.

This place is meant to re-create the game from 1999-2001, worts and all. That game expected you to get a bunch of friends together to do the quest: the fact that you don't have to here means it's not the same game, and the devs are failing (in some very minor way) at their stated goal.

I'm in agreement with Loramin here. And I haven't always agreed with him on everything. It may lock people out of getting Scout Roll if they can't muster a force at the exact time of Scout Roll, but, then again, there are a lot of scenarios (both here and in Classic) where players were shut out of gear opportunities due to logistical reasons. This was never designed to be free pixels, so I think that requiring your own group is a fair compromise. Playing solo and don't have access to a group? Look for a guild and become friendly with your guildmates; they will, in most cases, be glad to help you get that scout roll piece you've been yearning for.