we should definitely introduce variance.

[Goobles]

If repops happen, main targets for Nihilum/Az are VS Sev Inny CT Trak etc

Lesser mobs like Nagafen, Vox, Talendor and Faydedar can benefit the lower guilds like Uprising. The problem now is, Nihilum/Az have everything spaced out so much that the only option is to wait for an overlap of variance or randomly finding the mobs unkilled which is VERY unlikely. On simulated repops, Uprising and etc can go after these mobs and create a whole new raiding dynamic.

[heartbrand]

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You guys are Eldermorans. Smaller guilds aren't going to be getting raid mobs that Nihilum doesn't decide they want for themselves. How'd that work out for Red Dawn? Maybe they leave Faydedar up during a sim repop or you can snipe a Talendor, a vox? Can you successfully gear out a guild enough to compete with those loots? Nope. All the Naggy / Vox / Faydedar loot in the world isn't going to bridge the gap for smaller guilds. EQ is a number game and to quote Doogie Howser in starship troopers, "its simple numbers boys and girls, they have more"

Azrael isn't going to compete. Currently full spawns occur Saturday and Sunday. Nothing but bitching and moaning when repops were at odd hours, now they aren't and even with similar numbers, cant compete. The force is strong with the zerg and Lite is a tool with a core group of mutants so full of themselves that they are basically the best reason to app to Nihi. Whats Nihi's main recruiting plug? --> We aren't Azrael lol.
End of story.

Why don't you ask for what you really need. A GM implemented Rotation at a nice safe time so you can log in free of the zerg and kill mobs for yourselves without worry. Maybe scheduled nights you can kill dragons and alternating weeks for each guild. That's your only shot. K thx.

I think quiet is a crybaby morale killing faggot (who I am forced to love as a fellow jew) and I fully endorse his post as 100% accurate.

The server is over pals, at least when it comes to competing. Sure, the lawn mower man crew of Salem and pals can do some shenanigans in velious and wipe a raid or two, but stealing big mobs? Azrael isn't doing it. Red dawn was the last chance and staff decisions killed the guild. the time to mass recruit again for a new guild was two months ago when the huge influx of new players came. Those people all joined nihilum because the only other option was azrael and this was when azrael was winning all the mobs for fucks sakes!

The only hope you guys have of making this server competitive at this point is either nizzar permanently quitting, or blue copies. All this other bullshit isn't going to accomplish anything.

[Telron]

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[heartbrand]

The server, and project, is also fundamentally flawed. This is a MMO predicated upon numerous expansions and new content, which allows high end guilds to move on to cutting edge content while younger guilds devour the old content. Here you have year three of Kunark on red99, and nothing beyond Velious.

Quiet is also correct about the azrael / red dawn alliance. I stressed this to people like deluxee and powered and jibeknn repeatedly. Can't lie tho, it feels good not caring anymore and not having to deal with it. Pras the duke, pras wildstar, pras real life.

Edit: teams99 with its summer 2029 release will be fun tho. I just hope it has item loot

[Jib]

exactly why its only about the pvp

[Gaffin 7.0]

forums just make this community awfully worse than people seem to realize, but its addicting and funny as well

[no chewie dont]

how is he gonna say staff killed red dawn when staff made rules especially to protect red dawn carebears

[Quiet]

2029 ? Sounds a little optimistic to me.

If I kill Moral its because I point out the absolute absurdity of some of the things attempted. Pointed out the futility of the numbers game, the gear game and the end game. Sure no one wanted to hear the truth of the matter, truth hurts. The "truth" of a pvp server is why its low population. People roll up on here, and if they don't roll in to Nihilum, most fizzle away or become casual PK. They have an instant expectation of gear and levels and assistance. Rarely seeing 55+ and draining the energy out of the 60s who do dedicate their time...

But it doesn't hurt as much as getting slaughtered in plane of fear, plane of sky. Getting used by players who get the pixels they wanted then bail (yet i'm the pixel whore lol) When people understood the game reality, RD fell apart. Azrael falls apart again and again. When Nizzar was gone and Nihilum was getting steam rolled by Azrael, they stopped logging in. Reality was they couldn't win, so they didn't try.

So yep I pointed that out and people didn't like it. Well too fucking bad pals. Cause what I said happen, did happen. Accept.

[BeautBabeC]

I think the hope of variance is that you guys wouldn't camp the timers 24/7. If it was just people playing the game and dragons randomly being up around the world I bet you a lot more new players would come to play. When a new player comes here and sees that they have to compete with a force of 60 they think " whats the point ". Trust me I just leveled a character with the masses.

Nihilum is 60 people there is another 150+ whoever else would play and the devs should hear everyone's opinion and consider it.

[Obwin]

Many on (or no longer on box) will attest to what HB did. He made server more accessible to people who have not been playing pvp emus since 2005. He created an atmosphere that was open to new players and I was having more fun playing eq than I have had in many years and I didn't even raid.

There are a lot of players out there interested in this box but it's impossible to get involved without getting dragged through the az/nilly shitshow. HB gave all those neutral players a place to meet, exp and learn to pvp together. Sad nearly all of that new blood is gone. Maybe this new group of players will form up into a true third guild but I really don't see anyone else having the time or ability to build something like HB did with Red Dawn. The amount of effort he put into Red Dawn for basically zero reward was incredible. What the vets of this server fail to realize is not everyone wants to be part of the shit slinging, ePeen PVP scene but can still enjoy casual PvP. Personally I have way more fun on Red than any other EQ server but I do not enjoy the "culture" of the server.

Now it's back to choice 1) log in once a week and get shit stomped in(az) maybe snipe 1 mob. Choice 2) join guild which has raid attendance requirements and is not active except during repop.

Fucking miss red dawn. People who can't see how good it was for server are blind. Even if you hate HB at least he brought you a bunch of people to YT.