Petition: Guild raid suspensions should be progressively longer every time

[Ravager]

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

This really should be highlighted more. A relatively small group of people are monopolizing a major portion of the server's content. And they're doing it in a way that actively discourages me from wanting to participate.

I mostly want to raid to re-experience the raiding content, which is the point of this server as I understand it. I'd be happy to tag along without any chance at getting gear. But the current raid scene simply isn't classic. I stumbled on a Sev raid while running to CoM, so I decided to watch. The dragon died in like 15 seconds. There's just nothing to experience there for me. There never was anything new as I've raided all this content before, and in the current state there isn't even anything nostalgic. Plus, it seems like a lot of the people are dicks, given that they allow the training strats. It's just not worth it to run out there and watch a dragon die that fast, even if I were in on the loot. I can't be the only one here who feels like that.

A wipe would solve a lot of problems. The content would become available again. A lot of the dicks that like to monopolize content as a form of PVP would leave, because it wouldn't be easy for them anymore. And the server would a substantially more "classic" experience.

And if you're worried about the problem of an entire server population start over at level 1, don't. I can tell you that I dove in fully on the first EQ progression server. It was a blast. It's like traffic, people find other routes when their familiar one gets over-congested. You start leveling in places like Qeynos sewers, LFay, CT, Kedge, The Hole, etc. Porting becomes a valuable group asset. The most fun you can have in this game is with a dedicated leveling group where gear is statless, mobs are tough, and high level players are rare enough that you can't rely on finding one to bail you out.

Wipe wouldn't solve anything. All the people who monopolize the content would welcome a wipe so they can monopolize it all over again. The problem is limited content and a higher than normal amount of people who have no qualms about playing this game as a full time job.

Not to mention that this is a color by numbers server where it's known on how do get from point A to point C without the bother of stopping at point B. A wipe wouldn't make things any harder on the people who know all the tricks to bypass the grind. It was only a couple of days when the first level 50 showed up after the Red Server launch. This is why server firsts here don't mean much because it comes down to who can take a week off work when new content rolls out and gets lucky with latency in the race to the target.

[Basenji]

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

Wipe wouldn't solve anything. All the people who monopolize the content would welcome a wipe so they can monopolize it all over again. The problem is limited content and a higher than normal amount of people who have no qualms about playing this game as a full time job.

Not to mention that this is a color by numbers server where it's known on how do get from point A to point C without the bother of stopping at point B. A wipe wouldn't make things any harder on the people who know all the tricks to bypass the grind. It was only a couple of days when the first level 50 showed up after the Red Server launch. This is why server firsts here don't mean much because it comes down to who can take a week off work when new content rolls out and gets lucky with latency in the race to the target.

Yes, there will always be a group of players who win the race. That's the nature of contested content. But the situation you describe is still orders of magnitude more classic than the current environment.

Really, the server needs to wipe every 2 years. This one, or new one for that purpose, I don't care. The inflation oriented nature of these games makes wiping the server the only want you can create any semblance of balance and consistency.