40 day raid ban

[loramin]

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

So yes, there are ways to easily avoid breaking rules, but it would require everyone to change how they've been doing these encounters.

And this is exactly why I think the staff has instituted the increasing-length suspension policy.

So many people on this thread seem to think the staff wants to give out suspensions, when the evidence is the exact opposite. Everything the staff has ever said on the topic has been that raid drama is one of their least favorite things to deal with. Rather than wanting to rules lawyer guilds into suspension, what the staff actually wants is for the players to play by the rules. It's that simple.

Unless the staff starts pulling back on enforcement (which I don't see happening), it really seems like guilds will have to change their tactics. Let's say Awakened doesn't change after this suspension: pretty soon they'll have a 2 month suspension next, and a 2.5 one after that. Somewhere along the way they're going to decide "hey, racing for this one mob this one specific way, even if it's the way both A/A guilds currently do it, isn't worth it, because being suspended for months at a time sucks." And other guilds will do the same.