Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. (Wall of Text)

[Bruman]

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

I wrote literally pages on this when this topic came up less than 2 months ago, but yes, variance existed on live. It didn't exist to this degree, more like 6-12 hours for most mobs, but it did exist. That window has been extended to keep GMs from having to intervene at every encounter. This way guilds don't sit on top of a mobs spawn point, simultaneously engage on a pop and petition about who had first aggro 3x a week anymore.

I understand it, I was just addressing the "no way they'd do something that's not 100% classic" thought. It's an extremely rare exception, but never say never.

Not to say that I think they'd go so far as global announcements, lol.