Proposition For Raid Rules - Input Requested

[Fael]

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

Dolic, you keep using this word 'competition', and I'm not sure you know what it means. How do you plan to be better than the other guy?

Loraen, your initial response questions my understanding of the word competition, but then you digress into talking about the concept of "being better than the other guy,"fast reflexes, etc. Ironically, that really has nothing to do with the word competition, which is simply "the act or process of trying to get or win something (such as a prize or a higher level of success) that someone else is also trying to get or win."

That said, i trust that you actually do know what the word competition means. And I imagine that supremacy can in fact read and write (i for one can do it better than 95% of people who took the LSAT three years ago, which admittedly doesn't mean much).

There are aspects of raiding now that I absolutely find compelling. I for one enjoy kiting fear while other guilds are also trying to go for the engage. I enjoy finding and pulling dragons before the other guild gets fte, etc, etc. I enjoy rushing to form up groups, get final buffs, and engage trakanon or others mob as quickly as possible before the other guild does, or if the other guild engages too early and fails, etc. All of that requires decisions to be made, coordination, luck, the possibility of failure, etc, which makes raiding compelling to me.

I admit, my dopamine levels are dependent on the fact that not every encounter is like Noble, where several guilds spam auto attack and murder the mob in masse. You of course may want it to be that bad, in hopes that the sheer retardedness would force a rotation.

I question whether or not that would actually force a rotation, particularly when velious is supposedly 3 months out, and considering that most velious mobs are on a variance anyways.


Dolic

[Splorf22]

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

Loraen, your initial response questions my understanding of the word competition, but then you digress into talking about the concept of "being better than the other guy,"fast reflexes, etc. Ironically, that really has nothing to do with the word competition, which is simply "the act or process of trying to get or win something (such as a prize or a higher level of success) that someone else is also trying to get or win."

Well, I had something else planned and I guess in the end it didn't quite flow. Anyway, I still think that most people would not consider pole-sitting to be competition even if does meet the Webster's definition.

Originally Posted by Fael

There are aspects of raiding now that I absolutely find compelling. I for one enjoy kiting fear while other guilds are also trying to go for the engage. I enjoy finding and pulling dragons before the other guild gets fte, etc, etc. I enjoy rushing to form up groups, get final buffs, and engage trakanon or others mob as quickly as possible before the other guild does, or if the other guild engages too early and fails, etc. All of that requires decisions to be made, coordination, luck, the possibility of failure, etc, which makes raiding compelling to me.

If this is the best you can do I'm going to have to call that a Fael (snicker). Seriously: getting FTE on dragons = running around with selos while hitting track and making sure your partner eats the charm. Who needs groups for Trakanon anyway when you have 50? And you have one guy who has to count classes and make a guess for the engage. It's like a version of the SAT with all the hard questions removes that caps at 700 combined. Again: 95% of success on the current raid scene is predicated on time invested.

Originally Posted by Fael

I admit, my dopamine levels are dependent on the fact that not every encounter is like Noble, where several guilds spam auto attack and murder the mob in masse. You of course may want it to be that bad, in hopes that the sheer retardedness would force a rotation.

No, I want repops. The reason I keep harping on variance is that I keep hearing this 'we put more effort in we deserver more mobs' nonsense. That is only true because of variance, ergo you guys have been getting handouts for years now.

And if I have to choose between no variance (= retarded FTE spam) and variance (= retarded tracking and batphoning) I'm going to choose no variance because at least its a) fair and b) wastes less time.