Hey GM's!

[Mac Dretti]

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

What PVP competition is there @ 6am EST when 60 people are online? Do tell, thanks. This is also news to me, that all raid mobs were slain in classic EverQuest @ 6am. I must have been playing a different game back in 99.

You camp 50 people at firepots to do Fay UNCONTESTED the last 3 weeks in a row.

Itiot

[heartbrand]

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

You camp 50 people at firepots to do Fay UNCONTESTED the last 3 weeks in a row.

Itiot

How is doing our best to "compete" within the given framework of the system a rebuttal to the point that there would be more competition if repops weren't consistently on a timezone that the vast majority of the server is not on? Looking forward to answer, thanks.

[k9quaint]

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

If not, how can altering the repops specifically so RD can fight for them not seem like complete favoritism?

The only thing that compels people to not zone plug during pvp is raid content. The raid content is set up so that 60 people on the server can log in at 4am to contest it. Nihilum has 40 of those people. So of course Nihilum wants to continue to have things spawn at 4am.

The fix is trivial, have static spawn timers that do not align with 24 hour days (27 hours for instance). It isn't variance, you know exactly when it will spawn, but it would prevent mobs from being locked up at 4am for months at a time.

DAOC has content to fight over 24/7. DAOC Origins has a 1500 population. R99 has content to fight over for 3 hours at 4am every 3-5 days. R99 has 150 people. R99 only has 80 when there is actually something to fight over.

The only exception to this is Ragefire. How long can the server fight over the same dragon in SolB before one side gets bored and does something else?

[Mac Dretti]

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

How is doing our best to "compete" within the given framework of the system a rebuttal to the point that there would be more competition if repops weren't consistently on a timezone that the vast majority of the server is not on? Looking forward to answer, thanks.

What PVP competition is there @ 6am EST when 60 people are online?

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

You camp 50 people at firepots to do Fay UNCONTESTED the last 3 weeks in a row.

Itiot

[heartbrand]

Originally Posted by k9quaint [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The only thing that compels people to not zone plug during pvp is raid content. The raid content is set up so that 60 people on the server can log in at 4am to contest it. Nihilum has 40 of those people. So of course Nihilum wants to continue to have things spawn at 4am.

The fix is trivial, have static spawn timers that do not align with 24 hour days (27 hours for instance). It isn't variance, you know exactly when it will spawn, but it would prevent mobs from being locked up at 4am for months at a time.

DAOC has content to fight over 24/7. DAOC Origins has a 1500 population. R99 has content to fight over for 3 hours at 4am every 3-5 days. R99 has 150 people. R99 only has 80 when there is actually something to fight over.

The only exception to this is Ragefire. How long can the server fight over the same dragon in SolB before one side gets bored and does something else?

Pretty accurate statement. Some of the most fun I've had were the large scale pvp battles over content, even if my side lost. Unfortunately, the system is currently set up in a way that discourages these battles from occurring. Telling people who have jobs to "man up" and quit their gainful employment to take part in this, is pretty ludicrous.

[heartbrand]

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

What PVP competition is there @ 6am EST when 60 people are online?

You're not even making an argument. My conclusion is that a greater distribution of mob timers would lead to more meaningful mass pvp. Your response is "but you camped people out @ fay for merbs!" How is trying to get what you can within the framework of the current system a rebuttal? We had 14 people for Faydedar. What are we going to do with 14 people against 30+ @ VS or Sev? Rather than say fuck it, we try our best to do what we can do with the reality of the situation. That isn't somehow a counter premise to my argument though.

[Mac Dretti]

Says no competition is at 6 am

Has 50 man raid for fay

Refuses to pvp over it

Asks for server reset

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[Kinamara]

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[BrobbVZ]

When did we have 50 people at 6am for Fey? WHEN LOl. Retti you definitely..... are just a troll. Stop trolling my thread. GM's please kick this guy out, nothing constructive coming out of him, just trolling.