TMO wipes on Trak, FE logs in and kills

[Tanthallas]

Originally Posted by Splorf22 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

And yes FE is a zerg guild. I'm sorry if this offends you, but the EQ endgame was designed for ~24 players - and if you brought more, half your raid force would disconnect on their 56k modems. For kicks I checked your home page where you have a picture of your guild killing Trakanon with ~35 players visible and possibly more who were involved.

Dont be a fool. This is not classic EQ endgame, where people allow other people to have 'goodwill' attempts or GMs enforce them. It is not possible to consistently kill anything on this server unless your guild is large enough to draw from a pool of players that is much larger than what was necessary in classic.

This is why the A-team does not kill anything and wont kill anything unless they go into VP with TMO like they have been. Grats though, on those pixels. Solo artist challenge in VP?

[Splorf22]

Originally Posted by splorf22

Don't be too discouraged; it's simply not possible to succeed at raiding with P1999 variance without a huge number of warm bodies. TMO was bringing 50+ to Trakanon two years ago.

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

Dont be a fool. This is not classic EQ endgame, where people allow other people to have 'goodwill' attempts or GMs enforce them. It is not possible to consistently kill anything on this server unless your guild is large enough to draw from a pool of players that is much larger than what was necessary in classic.

Huge reading comprehension fail there Sloan.

[Alawen]

Originally Posted by Splorf22 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Huge reading comprehension fail there Sloan.

It's almost as if Sloan and his guild are full of people who are actually stupid.

The zerg has to pretend there is something special about them. Maintaining morale and the illusion that every member has a chance to get gear is paramount for continuing to draw those huge numbers.

My perspective is that there is simply not enough loot to keep 200 people consistently poopsocking. Whichever guild does not get a lion's share of loot will see attendance drop dramatically and become the de facto #2 guild or even fade completely. The victor will restrict recruiting to a lower level and atrophy numbers to a more manageable level until a challenger appears. The current time demands are unsustainable for either guild.

The pretense by FE of sharing spawns with other guilds will fade. Members show up for loot and will not tolerate giving that loot away.

Same old same old.