Variance

[lite]

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

3. Less larger scale PvP will occur (meaning it's pandering to smaller guilds).

with variance some confrontations will escalate to large scale pvp. without variance and one dominant zerg guild, 0 opportunity of large scale pvp and 0 small scale skrimishes, We have the data to back that up, you've been here long enough to know there was months without pvp. The current model doesn't work, and neither does people who went nihilum claiming that if you do this this and that it will all be better. A promise of simulated repops is the only thing that stimulated competition for a while. We know for a fact that 95% of this server's existence has been a time period of no pvp and people such as yourself claiming that you have the answer.

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

with variance some confrontations will escalate to large scale pvp. without variance and one dominant zerg guild, 0 opportunity of large scale pvp and 0 small scale skrimishes, We have the data to back that up, you've been here long enough to know there was months without pvp. The current model doesn't work, and neither does people who went nihilum claiming that if you do this this and that, it will all be better.

Who is we? Do you mean you stopped trying in large scale PvP after three weeks? I had a lot of fun losing while you guys were on top.

I've been claiming what you should do in Azrael since Force. You just don't have any interest in it.

I'm kind of surprised myself that both sides are very uninterested in small skirmish PvP outside of contesting a mob or deterring someone from getting to a raid.

But Hivemind, you should probably play here a bit more before you argue, hypothetically, why variance would be a better option for this server.

You gotta stop trolling. If you had any experience on this server, you'd know that these variance threads don't come from an unbiased place. They come from players in a now smaller guild that have waned and lost the will to compete against a guild they were once equal in size with (hence the joke Azrael 19.0), and they want a better reason to log in each day. It's not enough to PvP just to do it.

It comes down to the pixels, every time. This is EQ. It's classic.

That being said, and despite the intentions of this thread, I'm actually for variance.

Hivemind lacks the context to even realize who it was making this thread and why it was made, so it's understandable that's he's conflating my criticism of the bias in this thread with his defense of variance.

I called you pedantic because you are. It doesn't matter whether or not you mean what you say. Anyone with even a modicum of reading comprehension can see that you're being garrulous and patronizing for no real reason. To put it in the words of people that post here: you're being a faggot.