Praise Rogean

[Buhbuh]

I think we've rehashed the same critical points for several months/ years now. The complaints aren't new. Contrary to what you might think, the PnP is very vague. If it allows for frivolous petition-questing and different interpretations based on a staff member's moods on any given day, it's not only not good enough, it's debasing the server as a whole.

Yet, it's up to the players to fix it. And I've reached out plenty of times to other guild leaders with far better proposals than what the PnP is now, but because of general hatred amongst guilds (and undermining trolls like <Friends>, whose goal is, self-admittedly, to take fun away from everyone on the server), there's really never going to be a situation where every guild will come together to talk about the PnP, let alone agree on realistic terms.

The reason the PnP was left in our hands is directly relative to GM involvement - they don't want to spend the time, resources or energy on this server beyond the minor presence it takes to mediate our often childish grievances that aren't covered in the PnP. And, to be fair, GMs shouldn't have to police us in that way, but they should also be paying attention to the things that matter most, like PvP mechanics, or the fact that their presence is needed and appreciated regardless of the current fucked up PnP.

The bigger issue is that 90% of the developers don't even like or comprehend the draw of Everquest PvP, and the other 10% who do don't understand it fully.

The owner of the entire project is trying to go to war with my guild over a troll thread(s), and engaging with his hostility toward us is about the quickest way I can see our guild being dissolved/ banned for "disrespecting the staff."

Given how comically disproportionate, and almost outright absurd, the challenge he gave us was, "disrespect" would be damn near the only honest response we could make.

If that doesn't illuminate or tell you something about how poorly our server is perceived and understood by those making the decisions, I don't know what will.

Regardless, if you want the PnP to change, you have to gather all the factions first. Have fun with that.