Current Raid Meta: Good or Bad?

[Ripqozko]

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

Honestly I still don’t know why AG merged. It had it’s own vibe, was achieving it’s players’ goals fine. It was moving away from the stuff which made it AG but the merge was what really lead to me disengage with raiding - it no longer scratched my itches (though I’m sure plenty were happy).

AG merged because nemce mom took the guild back, https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...d.php?t=370611

[Jimjam]

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

AG merged because nemce mom took the guild back, https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...d.php?t=370611

I mean, AG could have just rebranded instead of merged. That seems like the more obvious thing to me, but shouldawouldacoulda I guess.

[kjs86z2]

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

AG merged because nemce mom took the guild back, https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...d.php?t=370611

aaahhhh...one of the last good RNF threads

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[Ekco]

^ lol i forgot all about the guild tag drama

[Xiderpunk2]

IMHO The current rules are the best solution to the Fuse problem. The folks that do not like it are Fuse, because they do not see the problem.

[Hideousclaw]

Originally Posted by Xiderpunk2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

IMHO The current rules are the best solution to the Fuse problem. The folks that do not like it are Fuse, because they do not see the problem.

careful. you're talking to the server majority, they don't like that kinda talk

[Teddie1056]

Ennewi: Enters thread about current Raid Meta which was caused by Fuse forcing the GMs hand by tripling every other raid force in size while attempting to choke out the entire server from pretty much all raid content. You know the current raid Meta which Fuse Leadership is actively trying to get removed.

Me: Wow, I like the meta and don't like that fuse is trying to damage the server

You: THIS IS BARELY RELATED TO FUSE REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[kjs86z2]

Originally Posted by Teddie1056 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ennewi: Enters thread about current Raid Meta which was caused by Fuse forcing the GMs hand by tripling every other raid force in size while attempting to choke out the entire server from pretty much all raid content. You know the current raid Meta which Fuse Leadership is actively trying to get removed.

Me: Wow, I like the meta and don't like that fuse is trying to damage the server

You: THIS IS BARELY RELATED TO FUSE REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

i mean look at the guys magelos lol

the pixel sickness is real

[Ennewi]

Originally Posted by kjs86z2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

i mean look at the guys magelos lol

the pixel sickness is real

Eh. 10 plus years on/off here with zero full BiS. It's more fun to fill out magelos than crosswords when made to hurry up and wait. The actual characters will be gone one day or sit collecting dust, sites will be accessible one way or another. SYDG perspective.

[Ennewi]

Originally Posted by kjs86z2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

i mean look at the guys magelos lol

the pixel sickness is real

Gave this some more thought and overanswering felt ike the thing to do, since that's become more common lately on the forums.

This project would be in a much better place if the old playerbase had more thoroughly accounted for pixels. There are a number of items that remain excluded simply because of the few mentions of them ever dropping, due to rarity and/or the number of players who would have farmed the loc back then, pre-Luclin. SWC in Chardok, phase spider scimitar in DN, etc. If more players had discussed their daily encounters and kept meticulous records, we would have more nice things here. If SOE had provided players with a version of magelo on their official site, all the better. Hindsight.

IMO the best magelos tell a story, each like a condensed version of "a day on red". Magelo is an underused feature that has a nostalgic quality to it now, given how long these servers having been maintained, but there are some cool profiles out there. More than a few of them even provide some context for server history.

But there are better players on here who have the same alt headcount, if not more, and all with superior gear; they just don't advertise it. Given how long most players have been here, it seems lazy to call it pixel lust at all, since it's required a certain amount of commitment, even if long breaks were taken in between.

The way I go about gearing starts on magelo and is restrictive by default, since I don't choose equipment based on personal preference but rather character preference. It's TLDR RP through equipment slots, visual storytelling for those who inspect. A lot of this game involves sitting around and waiting, so might as well have something noteworthy there, hidden in plain sight. "Soandso swigs a bottle of this or that" gets a few inquiries when there's a lull in the killing spree and players haven't heard of that item before.

Regardless, the additional alts are simply "build" ideas that likely won't ever be realized, but ones that keep specific items, even BIS, designated for them and inaccessible to others, main and second main included. If any item doesn't fit the theme than it's excluded, saving time, plat, and dkp in the end. This way, even a completionist wouldn't feel as though they were missing out.

That isn't to say BIS from head to toe isn't impressive, but it's just not something super important personally. It's more preferable to find a balance between fashion and function, enough to survive at least and, when not, leave behind a drag-worthy corpse.

All that to say, it's the opposite of pixel lust. It's basically personal loot denial.