Server Won't Change By Itself

[Drakaris]

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

Everything you just said, & I'll add; what teams would do is INCLUDE all the casuals. As it stands now you literally need to go through a background check and fill out applications to progress 56+. If we had teams, it would be to your mutual benefit to befriend and group as many of your team as possible in order to progress them and strengthen YOUR team. Making the server much more inviting to solo and casual players. I rarely login at this point because there is NOTHING I can do to progress my toon any further without joining a guild of warm bodies.

The answer is simple... merge red into blue and release teams... DONE

[Kevynne]

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

"You guys might not realize this, but R99 has pretty much always been a 2 team server. Team_Zerg vs Team_OtherGuys. Just plug n play guild names as needed." - Sirken, 2015

This is a message to the administration as much as the general player base. This server's community and endgame will not change by itself. It never has.

Consider the Red players, all of whom want good boss loot. The quickest way to get that loot is to form the smallest possible group that can kill the boss, kill any other teams trying to get it, then take the loot. Let's call that the best case scenario. However, you need the best team.

The slowest way to get that loot is never. If you don't have the best team, or even a good one, you'll never get boss loot. Let's call that the worst case scenario.

Here's option three: form a larger group, much larger than you actually need to complete the content. Gather up all of the worst players you can find, people for whom the worst case scenario is the only option. Then zerg the place, and distribute the loot as best you can. Over time, everyone will have at least some loot. Let's call that the PvE scenario: the boring one.

Option three has been the dominant option for years. Players who are bad at PvP control the loot because, knowing they suck at PvP, they group up to cover for their bad play. Furthermore, the server's PvE rules and PnP protect the zerg.

• Can't train them
• Can't loot them
• Can't violate FTE
• Can't AoE them due to resists
• Can't bind camp them
• Can't cause EXP death or otherwise knock their levels down
• Can't heal, dispell, or otherwise assist the boss
• Cant even stop them from plugging or calling LnS

Server isn't going to change on its own. The zerg will always return because most people on Red aren't actually good at PvP. It's only ever a matter of time before they group up and zerg for the safety and security that brings.

This is why we need item loot back and no more server rules or /petition.

he is prety much 100% correct. Not gonna lie i'm pretty garbo at pvp and this is accurate

[Uuruk]

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

Everquest servers will never be fun because you have people like colgate who are literal beta rejects irl that have to take it out on people in elf sim by recruiting everyone and playing 19 hours a day

a server with constant wipes or seasons would be fun though

Rag sounding super butt hurt in this post. Everything ok pal?

[Colgate]

my video game clan's success causes ragnaros mental anguish

thanks for validating it

:^)

[Xaanka]

nobody's forcing you to play on here ragnaros, hell nobody wants you to play on here

[Biaxil]

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

Fact of the matter is that you need to have a guild this large to kill things like AoW and do the 10th Ring War. That's literally all there is to it... call it a zerg all you want but those two things would not happen if Empire were any smaller than it is right now. Most of the other targets can definitely be done with 40 less, no one is questioning this.

One of two things really need to happen:

A) A large guild gets bored with blue (I don't know how they aren't already?) and comes over here to do a better job the TMO and building and competing.

B) The devs make the content that I just spoke about doable with 40 and limit guild sizes. This option may not work as you could just bring two guilds to do shit, but MAYBE they would fight and pvp when not raiding.

With option A I know for a fact that the Empire leadership would help them get started. Some of the members would look at them as easy prey and grief them, but if they have the balls to do it, Empire would help them get started.

To be honest I'd be 100% okay with bringing over bluebies via character transfer that have already maxed out on blue and want to try their hand at PvP without restarting. Hell, bring a whole guild over!

I said something like that a long time ago. If they lowered the hp of raid mobs by a significant factor, so that it didn't take that many people to kill a mob, there would be no reason for half the server to be in one guild. That way you could have several guilds even with a 250 server pop. Otherwise, there is now way around the zerg on EQ. This isn't the hayday of VZTZ.

[easy_lee]

I knew Rag in-game when he started. Cool guy. He leveled a gearless rogue with a shitty race choice up from nothing here, during the height of kunark when twink Rogues, SKs, and people like Romeo and Imawizard ganked all the time. He wanted to PvP.

Now, he catches shit from a lot of people for wanting to PvP and contest shit instead of wanting to zerg. Someone with better gear bows him down and you guys circle jerk in the forums for days. I think some of you need to look in a mirror from time to time.

[heartbrand]

ya man the way someone plays an emulated 17 year old video game is a reason to "look into the mirror"

[easy_lee]

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

ya man the way someone plays an emulated 17 year old video game is a reason to "look into the mirror"

Nascar evasive maneuvers.

[Ragnaros]

yea im shaking in anger right now because someone with a 13 year old girl body frame has ntov loot and i dont
what will i do