FTE is Fing stupid

[Tecmos Deception]

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

Guilds shouldn't have to merge to compete. On Live you didn't need to have 50+ players online every night to be able to get a shot at raid content.

As cliche as it is, this isn't live and this isn't classic and this isn't the turn of the millenium. We're just trying to recreate the classic feeling, and I think the biggest reason why we just have a classic feeling instead of classic itself is because of the changes in us and our third-party doodads in the last deacde.

And I don't think guilds DO need to merge to compete. But if a guild wants to remain small, I also don't think they will have much raiding success without making up for their size in other ways. It's competitive, after all. You can't be small and casual and unwilling to use the tactics that work and still expect to win out more than once in a blue moon.

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

Moreover, the time investment isn't worth the small chance at content.

I agree! And I think most people agree that 24 hours spent for a 33% chance at winning a fight that only lasts a minute anyways and only yields loot for a player or two isn't worth it either. And I think that's why most of the players on p99 who are the most focused on killing raid mobs are congregated into a large guild together... to help make sure that the time they invest yields a high chance at content instead of a small chance.

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

By that same token, I'd appreciate that people don't make little suggestions to smaller guilds about what they should do to be more "on the ball", especially when most of those suggestions (poopsocking, merging, etc.) are totally unacceptable to us.

I hope this wasn't directed at me! I not only did not tell anyone what to do, but I specifically acknowledged that a lot of people don't want to be in zergrecruiting megaguilds that require certain raid attendance amounts, and that a lot of people simply want nothing to do with those strategies. I just mention merging and whatnot because it seems like the only way to have success in p99's current raid environment.