chardok etiquette

[Vexenu]

This is just sour grapes combined with misplaced nostalgia. There was never any kind of grouping scene in Chardok before AOEing took off. The zone just sat there unused the vast majority of the time. That's the entire reason people started AOEing there in the first place: to minimize zone disruption and inconvenience to other players.

This is clearly more about the fact that people are jealous that 7 players are able to get ridiculous XP and make good money than any outrage about monopolizing Chardok or AOEing itself. It's really silly, though. Chardok is not some good old boy's club trying to exclude people, if you're a needed class and you sign up to get on the list you will eventually get a shot in the group. You can do this as an Enchanter, Cleric, Wizard, Magician, Necro, Monk or SK, which is half the classes in the game. It's not an overly exclusionary environment. Rather than complaining about it, try doing it yourself. It's actually pretty fun and challenging in a way that normal grinding isn't. Very high risk, high reward since the entire group can be wiped instantly if something goes wrong.

I also got a kick out of the level 53 Wizard complaining about Chardok AOE. Oh man, I have a feeling you're going to have a sudden change of heart come level 58 when that raptor XP goes to shit. Otherwise have fun begging your way into KC groups while you grind out 58 and 59 for months, instead of doing a few days of AOEing.