An alternative to variance

[Daldaen]

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

replace all raid spawns with completely random earthquakes that may or may not ever happen. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Remove Variance, and players will know exact spawn timer. Then GMs limit to 2 players from each guild in zone. (Instead of 2 trackers + 592058 Neckbeards at entrance... just say 2 in zone at time of spawn).

You will see more guilds participating in the raid scene if this occurs. You don't have to waste 16 hours tracking a mob. You spend the time buffing camping out, then the 5-15min raid encounter and its done. Less wasted time, more guilds participating, more CLASSIC.

I don't understand any bad aspect to this.

OR your super secret announcement may be just that, only earthquakes happening! That would be fine too. Just randomly deathtouch the guys who sit on VP Pad or bladestoppered warriors sitting at KC entrance who poopsock a sim repop. Those individuals need help.

[Bolix]

we must have the bug bad if we are happy to poopsock like this!

Options:
1. GM enforced rotations
2. double (or triple) the number of boss mobs
3. instanced raid zones (/duck the wave of abuse)
4. hope that velious makes everything better
5. behave like civilized adults and come to an agreement on how we can share


Do we actually enjoy this? Camping out in zones, tracking mobs, batphones, poopsocking to the max, lawyerquest, coh-ducking?

Racing and being competitive is fine, I get it. But 100+ people in KC waiting for a spawn is just silly.

[Freakish]

Add ' raid tokens' to every single lvl 45+ mob in game. Flat drop rate percentages, tweaked in zones where people do AE so they won't just be ae'd for.

Add npcs where every raid mob pops. Every 100 tokens turned in, this npc will spawn that raid mob. Tokens tradeable. NPCs have a reduced respawn, but still respawn faster than normal weekly respawn. You can still race if you want.

Glaring Problem: This fixes kunark which is dumb with velious so close.

[Thulack]

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

Yes. Obviously, the universal answer is to implement Defiant gear.

Defiant gear dropping from regular mobs and outclassing current VP gear will render current gear useless, thus eliminating the need for raiding.

Let's be honest here. People don't raid because they like it. They raid for the loot. Take away the loot, you take away the main reason for raiding.

That way, when Velious is going to be over and p99 will be in Luclin/PoP, everyone will have the best gear in the game, making it easier to play the game as it is meant to be played; groups and friendships instead of everyone calling each other ******s and faggots.

Nope. People would still need to make their epeen large so they would have to take down those pixeled dragons to make themselves feel better.

[Thulack]

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

Add ' raid tokens' to every single lvl 45+ mob in game. Flat drop rate percentages, tweaked in zones where people do AE so they won't just be ae'd for.

Add npcs where every raid mob pops. Every 100 tokens turned in, this npc will spawn that raid mob. Tokens tradeable. NPCs have a reduced respawn, but still respawn faster than normal weekly respawn. You can still race if you want.

Glaring Problem: This fixes kunark which is dumb with velious so close.

We going back to Diablo 2 with SoJ handins?

[criddopher]

Just don't go? Set an agreement with other guilds not to do it... im sure they hate it too

[Raev]

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

Shit looks pathetic as fuck. Is there another way?

BDA blows up rotation. BDA complains about results. Nothing to see here.

[Ella`Ella]

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

BDA blows up rotation. BDA complains about results. Nothing to see here.

BDA din do nuffin'. It was Chest. All Chest. The rest were "just following orders."

[Ando]

I seem to remember there being a server without Variance, or FTE, or rotations....

Hmm, what could that server have been called?

[Ravager]

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

replace all raid spawns with completely random earthquakes that may or may not ever happen. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Do it. Virtually everyone agrees this is when they have the most fun raiding.