First to Engage: Exploiting the mechanic?

[Splorf22]

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

It seems to work well enough.

I think you missed my point. The rules being discussed in this thread are silly because the mobs are so easy that the only challenge is getting there first. The real solution to this thread is to make the encounters more challenging so that this FTE nonsense becomes less important.

Originally Posted by sanforce

And if someone can't compete, they can always farm enough plat to buy their prized pixels from successful raid guilds.

I get the feeling you intended this to be some sort of rhetorical shiv, and yet I can only say I'm happy that I've managed to pick up some shiny pixels without spending hundreds of hours watching the track screen or the back of Venril Sathir's cave. If that's your idea of fun more power to you, but it's not mine.