Swarming in CoM

[Ciderpress]

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

Most of the bards I have seen do this are really respectful about it. They communicate with the pullers and avoid the mobs that other people are camping. There are always bad apples out there though.

Yeah no they don't. Groups in dungeons don't have some static list of "mobs they are camping". You just pull what's available, as your group composition inevitably changes.

It's not a bad apples thing. The entire practice is inherently disruptive and annoying to like every single other player in the game.

Hey here's an idea: Don't do this at all, and you're a good apple in my book!

[cd288]

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

Yeah no they don't. Groups in dungeons don't have some static list of "mobs they are camping". You just pull what's available, as your group composition inevitably changes.

This isn't really true per the PNP. In dungeons the PNP has a definition of what comprises a camp

[Ciderpress]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This isn't really true per the PNP. In dungeons the PNP has a definition of what comprises a camp

Ah yes, the play nice policy.

Hey here's a good way to play nice: don't swarm in dungeons you retards.

[WarpathEQ]

Have you ever stopped to think that the bard trying to swarm the zone finds you disruptive for pulling and killing mobs as a group?

The same question could be posed towards anyone that chooses to get exp in any form in CoM or any other zone in everquest.

The answer: Because they want to.

Whether that's the most efficient camp they know of, the only way they know how to exp, something they have nostalgia from doing as a kid, or just down right enjoy it doesn't really matter. At the end of the day that person made a choice no different than you did to be in that place doing what they are doing. Your actions could be just as problematic to them as theirs are to you. That doesn't make it more right or wrong for either person it just is.

My favorite reaction is competition. To lean in to what I was doing there in the first place, to do it to the best of my ability. I find that people that want to camp in the same area I want to camp don't stick around very long if I perform at a high level and leave them little to nothing to do while I'm there.

[Ciderpress]

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

Have you ever stopped to think that the bard trying to swarm the zone finds you disruptive for pulling and killing mobs as a group?

Lmao okay.

Have you ever stopped to think that ninja looting valuable items is just how some people enjoy the game? They might consider YOU the ninja looter, by ninja looting their ability to do it!

[cd288]

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

Have you ever stopped to think that the bard trying to swarm the zone finds you disruptive for pulling and killing mobs as a group?

lol shut up dude

[cd288]

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

Ah yes, the play nice policy.

Hey here's a good way to play nice: don't swarm in dungeons you retards.

Don't disagree with you on that. Was just saying that dungeons have defined camps

[loramin]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Don't disagree with you on that. Was just saying that dungeons have defined camps

Technically outdoor zones have defined camps too: each spawn point is a defined camp.

[cd288]

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

Technically outdoor zones have defined camps too: each spawn point is a defined camp.

Yes but COM is a dungeon

[Mendo]

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

Yeah no they don't. Groups in dungeons don't have some static list of "mobs they are camping". You just pull what's available, as your group composition inevitably changes.

It's not a bad apples thing. The entire practice is inherently disruptive and annoying to like every single other player in the game.

Hey here's an idea: Don't do this at all, and you're a good apple in my book!

Your group is more deserving to the mobs than the bard or the bard and his group?

All I know is that last time I leveled in CoM there was a bard doing this. He sent me a tell and asked what I was pulling and told me what he was doing with the mobs and how they would behave on his pull. We had 0 issues all day. The only annoying part was the reaver returning home, but that honestly wasnt too big of a deal. Guy even told me to come and loothis mobs if I wanted.