Request for a different policy on (game-changing) specific item camps

[maegi]

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

If I get to the camp, and there is a queue, im taking the camp when its my turn... a person cant come after me and claim the camp no matter who's friend they are..

Even though I agree with you, that's not how it works. Or more precisely, "when it's your turn" I suppose is what's being debated here. It's not your turn till whoever has said camp is finished and passes it to you. If they want to keep it they can unless they leave die or zone. Ran into that at ancient cyclops in OOT, we were supposed to be "next in queue" and were actually present in OOT waiting, guy got the spawn, looted his ring and stayed there. When we asked why he wasn't moving he said cuz his friend was taking over. His friend didn't get there for another hour, so I petitioned not knowing the rules. Always assumed you looted what you came for and moved on. Not so.

[mwatt]

I agree that the current situation is untenable. What these guilds are dong is greedy and mean-spirited, made more so because one of the items that is locked down is not going to be available forever. It's a bad, selfish attitude being shown here. It almost smacks of PVP type behavior within PVE constraints. Some of the justification given by those that support it sounds just like that.

The first thing that should be done is that the reputations of these guilds should be considered tarnished. The last thing that should be done is enacting any rules that require more work or attention on the part of the GMs. Somewhere in between these two extremes lies the best answer. The suggestion of the OP is not bad, but it may end up more work and more headache for GMs.

I think GMS and those that are currently "locked out" are just mostly hoping that the guilds will get tired of this and it will become a non-problem. If they do not cease this well before the COS will be nerfed, then I anticipate confrontations that GMS will get dragged into anyway - then nobody is gonna be happy.

Something does need to change, and it needs to change pretty soon. This is not "classic behavior" in our beloved classic game. What's more it runs contrary to the spirit of cooperative MMORPGs that EQ is supposed to embody.