Staff - Players - TMO, a Treatise on the Future of the Server

[finalgrunt]

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

Maybe not a bad idea at all, the server can force a rotation on TMO this way, if everyone is getting each other raid banned.

Isn't that the definition of a GM enforced rotation? Something they didn't want? And with current rules, having to tell which raid force is wrong must be stressful to them.

May as well enforce a tiered rotation from the start, with clear rules to allow players to police themselves, like this (example):

Tier 1

Rules/changes:
- Variance removed.
- Time from spawn to kill allowed: 2 hours.
- No wipe allowed: if failure, the next guild ready goes in.
- Re attempt delay for "free" attempts: 1 hour (after a wipe, if there is a competition) unless given a "clear to go before that delay" from the competing raid leaders as courtesy.

List:
- Maestro
- Nagafen
- Vox
- Ragefire
- Draco
- Fay

Tier 2

Rules/changes:
- Variance down to +/- 2 hours.
- Time from spawn to kill allowed: 3 hours.
- 1 wipe allowed.
- Re attempt delay for "free" attempts: 30 minutes (after a wipe, if there is a competition) unless given a "clear to go before that delay" from the competing raid leaders as courtesy.

- Inny
- CT
- Trak

Rest is open to "competition" as you know it, with a +/-3 hours variance. We may back to the 100+ people sitting on spawn point, but that's classic I guess. Until guilds work something out.

P.S: I may have missed some important targets, but the idea would be to not cockblock epic / key content. Alliances would be allowed for certain, but would be seen as a single entity and must be stated clearly on the boards. For example, if BDA and Divinity make an alliance for Trak, there won't be 1 slot for each reserved, but only 1 for both. But they may fight Maestro as seperate entities.

P.P.S: I'll leave the following parts to some other people to bring great ideas on the table about:
- Should there be a restriction to enter / maintain presence in a rotation for an entity
- How do you select the next guild to engage after a wipe, to avoid the FTE snipe.