Raid Changes

[Excision Rottun]

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

This may sound dumb but what if the following all popped at the same time:

Inny, Maestro, Vox, Naggy, CT, Draco

Then every raid guild would have to pick their target and at least 3 guilds would have a chance to pick a target and at least attempt it (possibly as many as 6 guilds).

This would eliminate the possibility of any guild having a monopoly each week... (well at least during North American prime time.)

This had crossed my mind too.

However it would exclude guilds not in North American timezone, such as Europa from ever having a decent chance at a raid target.

As well guilds would race to the ones they could down the quickest (Vox and Naggy maybe?) then fight each other as they cleared to the next ones, (planar gods) in an attempt to get as many kills in a night as possible.

[Ferok]

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

This had crossed my mind too.

However it would exclude guilds not in North American timezone, such as Europa from ever having a decent chance at a raid target.

As well guilds would race to the ones they could down the quickest (Vox and Naggy maybe?) then fight each other as they cleared to the next ones, (planar gods) in an attempt to get as many kills in a night as possible.

Seems like if you retained the randomness down to +- 24 hours, guilds like Europa would be SOL sometimes, but hitting the jackpot others... no?

[guineapig]

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

This had crossed my mind too.

However it would exclude guilds not in North American timezone, such as Europa from ever having a decent chance at a raid target.

As well guilds would race to the ones they could down the quickest (Vox and Naggy maybe?) then fight each other as they cleared to the next ones, (planar gods) in an attempt to get as many kills in a night as possible.

Not exactly, because:

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

Seems like if you retained the randomness down to +- 24 hours, guilds like Europa would be SOL sometimes, but hitting the jackpot others... no?

Correct. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Basically the spawns could still happen at 4am EST or 8pm Central, you never know. And if only one guild has a raid force ready at that time they can have at it. But otherwise, they have to pick their spots.

This is essentially like simulating a server reset, which was previously mentioned. And like a server reset it should happen like 1-2 times per week to simulate classic. Hell, you could even keep the current spawn variance while adding this "simulated reset" if you really wanted to keep that authentic feel.

[Excision Rottun]

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

Not exactly, because:



Correct. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Basically the spawns could still happen at 4am EST or 8pm Central, you never know. And if only one guild has a raid force ready at that time they can have at it. But otherwise, they have to pick their spots.

This is essentially like simulating a server reset, which was previously mentioned. And like a server reset it should happen like 1-2 times per week to simulate classic. Hell, you could even keep the current spawn variance while adding this "simulated reset" if you really wanted to keep that authentic feel.

I like the cut of your jib.