there is a private list system going on at AC in OOT?

[fastboy21]

Originally Posted by Sabin76 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well, that are actually two different things going on here:

The first is the vision for how extremely high-demand items (like RotA) should be "distributed" amongst the playerbase. The two extremes of this continuum being everyone on the server gets a chance to camp and get the item (with at least the caveat that you can actually KILL the mob), and let one person hold the camp and monopolize the item indefinitely. I don't think anyone really ascribes to either extreme, but it also doesn't seem like there is any consensus on where in this continuum the game should actually be.

The second is how to implement a system that achieves the above vision that can't be gamed (or, at least, makes it hard to... and circumventing it has a harsh enough punishment to deter said circumvention). But without a consensus on point one, talking about point two is meaningless.

At the same time, I don't think you can lump XP camps like Sisters in with loot camps like AC. You can literally get XP in a large number of places all over the world. Not all of them are ideal, but the option is certainly there. No drop items are a different animal as there is only one or two mobs in the game that drop them. There is no other option.

There are other options though...you can buy pretty much all the items you can't camp (because you CAN farm pp...and the players farming the items are doing it to sell them to you). I've never understood the romance of camping items yourself. If I can make enough pp for an FBSS in EC tunnel faster than I can get the camp/item then I happily thank the farmers and save some time.

If the farmers weren't selling their hauls then you'd have another problem...but they are. Not every char is going to camp their own AC ring...not every char needs to camp their own fbss...or GEBs...the game was designed so that there is a market for this stuff.

The legit camping concerns are items that not sold (either because they are hoarding or the item isn't MQable/Droppable).

If you want to farm an FBSS you need to roll a solo class and go sit until you get the camp...and then when you get it you don't leave...ever. There are other routes (guild farming grps, etc.), but this is normal EQ. This is the EQ way.

You aren't going to get to farm your own FBSS if you can only play a couple hours at a time, aren't a solo class, and don't have friends helping you do it. This is the EQ way.