Camping Raid Mobs... gone on long enough ?!

[rioisk]

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

If you tried hard, I'm sure you could come up with an even more bizarre metaphor for your straw man argument.

The point under discussion here is whether the loot that drops in classic offers an advantage to the people who receive it. Despite attempts to turn that discussion into what's almost as good in the next expansion or who doesn't have a life while they camp it, the answer to that question is yes. Top end guilds with top end loot have an advantage. That's the way this game works.

The reasons some of you think top end loot gets easily replaced in the next expansion are because you never had top end loot in EQ and you played a lot of WoW.

You are right--nice use of freshman year philosophy class. Doesn't make what I said any less true. And I think the current rules support and reward this archtype of people without any real justification aside from references to "fair".

I think fair would be FFA because this would make it so time commitment isn't the only determinant of access to raid content/gear. I think the ability to thwart other guilds attempts or outDPS them SHOULD be a factor because in the absence of rules this is what would happen. I think the current rules just distort incentives and favor a certain kind of player. It isn't real competition just a test of willpower to spend the most time on the game.

[Alawen Everywhere]

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

You are right--nice use of freshman year philosophy class. Doesn't make what I said any less true. And I think the current rules support and reward this archtype of people without any real justification aside from references to "fair".

I think fair would be FFA because this would make it so time commitment isn't the only determinant of access to raid content/gear. I think the ability to thwart other guilds attempts or outDPS them SHOULD be a factor because in the absence of rules this is what would happen. I think the current rules just distort incentives and favor a certain kind of player. It isn't real competition just a test of willpower to spend the most time on the game.

Yeah, we get it. If we play better than you, we clearly have no life.

Bring on the FFA. We'll continue to beat you and you'll have new reasons and excuses for why you suck at this game. It'll be fun for everyone.