It really doesn't matter how much you bitch about the raid guilds causing problems and rules lawyering, there is no solution. Period. It's not some magic set of rules that will fix everything but no one has come up with them yet. It's classic EQ, and it happened on (almost) every server.
Both the appeal and problem with classic EQ raiding is the lack of instances. No other game has the head to head competition where often times it's a single tiny detail that lets you win the fight that time, but next time the other guild knows so you better come up with something new or you may lose. And at the same time, it's always going to cause friction, because there is always going to be a winner and a loser.
Everyone who suggests that guilds take turns with a rotation or play as nice people that can enjoy losing to the competition doesn't really want to be involved in classic EQ raiding. They want the WoW style instances where everyone wins, which is fine, it is in fact what the vast majority of MMO players desire. However, the raiders here want the competition, they want the feel of seeing the other people that they're beating right next to them trying for the mob and failing. No other game has captured that, and sadly it looks like no other game will, because the genre has clearly moved away from it.
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09-03-2011, 10:49 PM
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