Originally Posted by jabic
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This is my first post to an RnF thread.
I have been on this server for several years now (since mid-late Kunark), played both hardcore and casually in a number of guilds (such as Indignation, Super Friends, Radiant), done a decent job gearing my main in that time, and several months ago joined PS when I came back to P99 for a stint (I had found a number of my former guildies tagged in PS).
Although I am in PS, I am not (and will never be) part of the core, regular player base, mostly because of work and life demands and, frankly, the fact that I have been playing P99 long enough that I only enjoy the game in smaller doses at this point, so only a small percentage of my free time goes to P99. Having said that, I believe that I have had the opportunity to see the innerworkings of PS, including its culture and officers' administration of loot council.
Frankly, the culture is pretty damn sane. I have found it to be a fine place for a dusty old shadow knight to spend his semi-retirement--where he can see all of the end-game content and play as little or as much as he likes in a relatively relaxed environment. On behalf of the guild, I have seen officers take the high ground a number of times when the guild finds itself in tough spots--for instance, by teaming up with other guilds to avoid train/petition-fests or conceding a mob out of an abundance of caution. I have never heard an officer berate a member on TS3 or in guild chat. Yes, here and there a critical comment will be made when things are not going swimmingly, but the comment will be constructive and made in a calm voice or, in the case of guild chat, a matter-of-fact, unmalicious style. I do not consider myself to be "friends" with any of the officers or, honestly, the vast, vast majority of the members, but I have found the bulk of PS folks to be levelheaded and to possess a healthy dose of perspective.
As for loot council, I really have not kept track of the officer-member distribution of items during my couple of stints on P99 since joining PS. But, nothing has struck me as outrageous or piggish. I do know that the officers have made detailed posts in the members forums explaining their loot council process and inviting comments and questions on general and particular loot decisions. I do know that I have seen phenomenal items go to both core and casual/new players. Case and point for the latter: I was awarded my first piece of loot in PS the other day, a beautiful 41% haste two-hander off a ToV dragon. Maybe it was contested, maybe it was going to be alt fodder, who knows/cares? But, it was a nice gesture, and more than a few officers and members alike took the time to congratulate me via /tell over the next day or so, despite my residence at the relative margins of the guild and my very-recent return to active playing.
I guess what I am getting at is that I have seen the gamut of raid guilds come and go since mid-late Kunark--and been part of a couple of them--and PS is really just its own thing, and a pretty quality thing at that, particularly by P99 standards. Its not perfect for everyone, but it is solid and fitting for a fair number of someones. Coming from a fairly fringe PS member with little to gain or lose in the guild by what he says, some of the demonization here seems--based on my experience with PS--sensationalist at best and, well, dishonest at worst.
-Greevtox/Orremis
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05-01-2018, 03:14 PM
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