not a single player has told me to plan on raiding

[falkun]

The repops were decent, but still didn't get stuff spread out enough. TMO/FE fought for most mobs, a second tier guild would get Fay, and then we'd all be duking it out in Sky for Dojo. Divinity did pull a big Talendar last time, but that's about it. Maybe change would come if the repops were maintained long-term, but as you said, we got a month of them or so and then back to the status-quo.

At this point I'm just hopeful for Velious and the epic mob revamps to happen sooner rather than later. As soon as the hardcores get through Velious, they'll have less motivation to log on. Right now they can keep motivated (somehow after 2 years) with the thought of, "There's still Velious." But the downside to the Velious coin the the ass-raping those of us wanting ST loot will receive when the hardcores wake the Sleeper on their way out, either as a final farewell, to cement themselves into server lore, and/or as a final "fuck you".