Alter End-Game Mechanics

[Daldolma]

OK -- so we're not including your time off while busy. We're talking about your raid attendance given perfect conditions.

You're kind of missing the point, though. The point is that a player like you, that is theoretically only available to raid for about 6 hours of the day, is not terribly different from most active members of BDA, Taken, Divinity, etc. Based on the way you're describing yourself, you're not the type of player that is swinging the balance. For the vast majority of each day, you're not tracking and you're not available to raid.

The people that are responsible for TMO's monopolization of end-game content are the ones that can track for 8+ hours a day during off-peak hours. They're the ones that can make raids at 2PM, 8PM, 2AM, and 8AM. They're the ones that can do things that normal people with normal jobs and normal lives can't.

Classic EQ didn't used to be dominated by people that could dedicate 18 hours a day to being available. It wasn't that huge of an advantage. People generally knew when mobs would spawn, and patch days kept primetime pops more prevalent. P99 has created an environment in which only the hardest of hardcore have a realistic chance at tracking and killing the majority of end-game mobs. You need to be able to have sufficient numbers at any moment of any day in order to kill a mob.