"Fair and legitimate chance at a target" (cont)

[Sirken]

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

2 guilds / 10% of the server will continue to see 90% of the raid content, status quo remains intact as usual

ok, so the latter. got it, thanks!

[arsenalpow]

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

ok, so the latter. got it, thanks!

If you say so. I had to take an entire guild to a different server to see content. So did Haggard Krew and numerous other guilds, not to mention the countless other guilds that crashed against the top 10% and straight quit. Raid scene sounds super healthy.

[RedXIII]

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

If you say so. I had to take an entire guild to a different server to see content. So did Haggard Krew and numerous other guilds, not to mention the countless other guilds that crashed against the top 10% and straight quit. Raid scene sounds super healthy.

#GitGud.

Or join a guild who has Usain Bolts (rofl, loved the reference).

[paulgiamatti]

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

I had to take an entire guild to a different server to see content. So did Haggard Krew and numerous other guilds, not to mention the countless other guilds that crashed against the top 10% and straight quit. Raid scene sounds super healthy.

You won't find a fan of the raid scene in me, but these are basically the best possible arguments one could put forth in its favor. Your guild played a pivotal role in trashing the R/C system, and HK was nearly as toxic and corrosive as Lorb Bob. I can't really think of any other notables - Indignation was a slightly less shitty version of HK. We all know what happened to IB, TMO, Taken, Asgard, and The A-Team, but I guess you could say the homogenization those guilds into larger, more poop-socky entities is the essence of the problem.

[Ravager]

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

You won't find a fan of the raid scene in me, but these are basically the best possible arguments one could put forth in its favor. Your guild played a pivotal role in trashing the R/C system, and HK was nearly as toxic and corrosive as Lorb Bob. I can't really think of any other notables - Indignation was a slightly less shitty version of HK. We all know what happened to IB, TMO, Taken, Asgard, and The A-Team, but I guess you could say the homogenization those guilds into larger, more poop-socky entities is the essence of the problem.

Velious trashed the R/C system. Hate BDA all you want, but there was never going to be R/C at Velious launch, so hate them for real reasons instead of made up ones.

[arsenalpow]

Well the rotation at least lasted for a year. That's some sort of progress, yet it was mocked and shamed by the class C guilds and largely ignored by the staff. The raid scene is a disaster because of two inflexible raiding entities and the staff that allow them to be man children.

I can't say this enough; p99 is not the place for you if you want to raid in Everquest, period. Phinny has instancing, TAKP has an actual rotation, or play a different game.

I was not happy leaving p99, my monk had everything I wanted based on the targets we could reasonably attain, a guise, all 5 PoM flowers, etc. The vast majority of BDA was also sad to leave because 5+ years is a lot to invest into a server/game. However, moving on to Phinny was so much healthier for the guild overall and everyone is exponentially happier. The officer core is only 5-6 people and their roles are well defined, no one is getting burnt out. As a guild you actually get to progress and your fun isn't dictated by a tiny sect of degenerates.

If CSG or Fires or Venerate or Anon want to continue scrapping for targets and socking for 16 hours at a time and being relegated to HoT or sky raids then I wish you all the best, but the second you make the switch to something new you'll realize how asinine the p99 raiding construct actually was and you'll get whiplash from the hindsight.