The line for JCP is a terrible concept

[Mcbard]

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

Why not make it like the old poopsock rules? Sit there in line as long as you like, but if you don't respond to an AFK check in 15 minutes you get bumped to the back of the line. Problem solved.

Ya I like this idea as well. Really anything that prevents people from just hoping in line, afking all day and only coming back when it's their turn.

Mardur: Standing afk somewhere != putting in time imo. That's the problem.. you should have to at least actively be doing something or at least at your keyboard to be able to say that you're camping it.

1. Logging on
2. /say Add me to list pls,
3. /afk for 20 hours,
4. hope you don't go ld/the server stays stable
5. profit

I know when Kunark was launched at all of the other camps you had to actively be clearing mobs with non-afk people in your group to be able to claim it.. something like that should be required at this camp as well is all. People could afk of course, but you couldn't be the only active player while the other 4 were off sleeping or doing something else.

[Mardur]

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

Mardur: Standing afk somewhere != putting in time imo. That's the problem.. you should have to at least actively be doing something or at least at your keyboard to be able to say that you're camping it.

What the fuck is the difference between sitting there staring at a monitor with your thumb up your ass and actually doing something away from the computer while you wait 20 hours? There's none except the former is stupid. You're waiting for your turn on a 4 hour spawn, why the hell should you have to stare at a wall in LOIO for it to be valid?

[enatomi]

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

What the fuck is the difference between sitting there staring at a monitor with your thumb up your ass and actually doing something away from the computer while you wait 20 hours? There's none except the former is stupid. You're waiting for your turn on a 4 hour spawn, why the hell should you have to stare at a wall in LOIO for it to be valid?

The difference is the misery you put in for the former to get that item, so only those who really wanted it could have it. That's what camping a spawn used to be all about on live. You'd turn yourself into a crack head for 20+ hours, and only you or others who have done the same can explain the feeling when you get that item. You really deserved it at that point.

The way this JCP line is set up allows you to bypass that misery. You really don't have to put in any pain or give two shits about the item for the reward. You can claim a spot, AFK while you do something you would have otherwise done anyway if you weren't playing EQ, and score. This does not reward anybody.

[Slave]

Every camp in the game should have the same rules. Period. I don't mind doing whatever it takes, as long as the rules are consistent.

This kind of crap only confuses people and causes the creation of threads that whine about slightly changing the rules back and forth on a camp that is already an exception to what are supposed to be the rules of the server.