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Old 02-08-2019, 02:53 PM
Dillusional Dillusional is offline
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Am really wanted last nights yelinak. Many a salty tear was shed. Gratz AG
I was salty and I'll explain why. Stalling a permanently rooted dragon means taking too long to damage it to the point when it begins to summon players (97% health). If there is no time limit to get Yelinak to 97% health, I could FTE yelinak on my <Dial A Port> druid and then just stand out of melee range until the server resets. Some may say that "as long as Yelinak is being tanked, it's not a stall." But without a time limit, it's too easy and tempting to cheat by engaging early and then moving the tank in and out of the melee range of the dragon.

The concept of FTE messages and this dragon being permanently rooted don't mesh well. That is why any guilds that plan to engage Yelinak should join an agreement, which clearly defines what a stall is. Awakened and Aftermath had an agreement that said you had to get Yelinak to 97% health within one minute of engaging or everyone with agroe had to disengage and log out.

That's why I was salty, because AG turned the Yelinak meta on its head by employing a strategy that encourages cheating and it will get someone suspended eventually if an agreement isn't reached about a time limit for getting Yelinak into summoning range.
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Old 02-08-2019, 03:35 PM
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I was salty and I'll explain why. Stalling a permanently rooted dragon means taking too long to damage it to the point when it begins to summon players (97% health). If there is no time limit to get Yelinak to 97% health, I could FTE yelinak on my <Dial A Port> druid and then just stand out of melee range until the server resets. Some may say that "as long as Yelinak is being tanked, it's not a stall." But without a time limit, it's too easy and tempting to cheat by engaging early and then moving the tank in and out of the melee range of the dragon.

The concept of FTE messages and this dragon being permanently rooted don't mesh well. That is why any guilds that plan to engage Yelinak should join an agreement, which clearly defines what a stall is. Awakened and Aftermath had an agreement that said you had to get Yelinak to 97% health within one minute of engaging or everyone with agroe had to disengage and log out.

That's why I was salty, because AG turned the Yelinak meta on its head by employing a strategy that encourages cheating and it will get someone suspended eventually if an agreement isn't reached about a time limit for getting Yelinak into summoning range.
You were in Tempest when we busted AM for doing this, and all AM (the guild you're in now) did was complain about how stupid lawyer questing this was.

So now we like rules? :P
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Old 02-09-2019, 05:26 PM
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You were in Tempest when we busted AM for doing this, and all AM (the guild you're in now) did was complain about how stupid lawyer questing this was.

So now we like rules? :P
lol I was salty when that happened too! But you're right, Aftermath did try to pull a fast one there. Memblur is definitely not in the spirit of a Yelinak agreement. You can just instant FTE to stall and then memblur Yelinak when you are actually ready to engage without penalty.

I can see how a group of AG was eager to try an early engage, not realizing the implications of such a strategy. Likewise, I can see how a group of Aftermath thought it was clever in that moment to memblur Yelinak, without thinking about the implications. Trying to get away with something "clever" is something we all fall victim to from time to time.
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Old 02-09-2019, 07:30 PM
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lol I was salty when that happened too! But you're right, Aftermath did try to pull a fast one there. Memblur is definitely not in the spirit of a Yelinak agreement. You can just instant FTE to stall and then memblur Yelinak when you are actually ready to engage without penalty.

I can see how a group of AG was eager to try an early engage, not realizing the implications of such a strategy. Likewise, I can see how a group of Aftermath thought it was clever in that moment to memblur Yelinak, without thinking about the implications. Trying to get away with something "clever" is something we all fall victim to from time to time.
The difference is that AM conceded the mob after pulling the memblur stunt. AG didn't concede after stalling for 4-5 minutes. Yelinak is now a coth race.
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Old 02-09-2019, 09:01 PM
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Awakened and Aftermath had an agreement that said you had to get Yelinak to 97% health within one minute of engaging or everyone with agroe had to disengage and log out.
We adhered to this "agreement" despite the fact that we aren't Awakened for our 12/29 Yelinak win.

Sorry ya lost again
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