When I knew we were done

[Nuggie]

Originally Posted by Heebs13 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I imagine pulling to zone was a lot of fun for pullers. For everyone else it was sit and wait.

I'm not sure if this has been mentioned in this thread or another yet, but....

I think rooting dragons provides for a lower bar of entry for the NToV raid scene. No longer does your pull team need to have an intricate knowledge of mechanics (to know how to exploit them) of the game to be able to compete.

It seems like perhaps P99 is going through the same transformation that the players of Lanys went through when we got merged with 7TH hammer.

As a back story, Lanys was very similar to P99 where there was always 1 top guild gobbling up the vast majority of the raid content. They similarly "got off" on denying the rest of the server pixels.

When the merger happened the Lanys alpha guild was thrust into a "bigger pond" where the raid guilds were starving for players. The "casual scum" of Lanys happily filled the ranks of the hungry guilds from 7th. Casual scum got to join big guilds and raid. The Lanys alpha guild was denied the pixel-denial release of endorphins and disbursed to other games or other of life's entertainments. Hinting at least partially to why they enjoyed the game.

I am probably guilty of drawing imperfect parallels, but it's not too disimmilar to not be worthwhile. Overall I think this change will bring the server closer to the intended classic feel.