I hate this perma-camping shit

[Cyrano]

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

"Why don't you guys just take a step back from the whole scene for awhile and let us police ourselves? Then you can focus on development instead of Angry_Raider_00702 bitching up a storm. "

If you want to step back and stay out of the fray that is great... for you, maybe others are looking for a better solution. Its clear that policing ourselves isn't working or there wouldn't be so many complaints. The purpose of this game is to have fun and you do this by doing quest and better your character by equiping it with better armor and weapons.
This is where it gets frustrating once you reach a certain level, lets say 50 then either you have to have a huge pile of plat. or be able to conquer named mobs. Once your at this point you start looking for the hot spot for that super piece of armor or weapon and you see it's taken and you come back later and you realize your not going to find it open. Not everyone has a character that can solo and hold these spot and you have to find a group but once you get a group going you see there is nothing open to camp so the group disbands and your all alone again, and waiting. I suppose you can get lucky and join a raiding guild and wait your turn for raid drops but unless things change a few will control all the best spots and all you can do is sit and get frustrated.
There s no simple solution, some people are jerks and there not a whole lot you can do about it without breaking the rules.
I suppose some can just start a different character or just ride it out till Kunark is live and those people will move on to bigger game.

I play a rogue, I can't solo anything. Different people play this game for different reasons. I think it's shitty that people pass camps off to guildees for days on end instead of giving it to the next person sitting there. I think it's shitty that going AFK at a camp for any amount of time allows people who want to cite the rules 24/7 can make a valid argument about taking a spawn. I think it's shitty that if you go to the bathroom and someone comes in and takes your camp, you can't retaliate and fight them for it.

I'm gonna requote something there.

some people are jerks and there not a whole lot you can do about it without breaking the rules.

Therein lies the problem. The rules can be gamed. On live if someone was a dick and stole a camp from you, you absolutely should train them. Then you should go to the forums and brag about it so people know that that guy thought he could roll you simply because he's a stronger class or has better gear. That's what I mean by policing ourselves. The reputations of assholes will grow and people will get black balled, that's how classic EQ was.

The current set of rules and how many there are ensure that GMs are present 24/7, even if not physically. Show me a server set of rules creating by GMs on live that was adhered to serverwide. It doesn't exist.