Some variance ideas

[Skope]

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

Instead it's just another dirtbag with a green name...

... how many is that? Sorry, I've lost count.

[Splorf22]

I will say Sirken's tolerance of your constant insults is bordering on saintly, Skope. I think we violently disagree with his vision of the server but that is no reason not to be polite.

[Sarius]

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

You don't need Zerg to get trak, it's really quite simple provided there is no FTE shouts. All you need is one person from your guild to get FTE and let TMO kill your mob. Petition and enjoy the loot!

Would this actually work provided you were the only person from your guild in the zone at the time that you got FTE?

[quido]

Skope, why don't you go start your own server if you don't like how this one is managed? I have a feeling you're going to be a whiny brat no matter the circumstances.

[Sirken]

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

Because Sirken was probably one of those hardcore's that dropped everything he was doing to be on EQ and raid and laugh at other guilds when they couldnt get any loot. That is my impression of Sirken from his constant snarky responses about any kind of Rotation. Sirken i'm sorry you played on a lame ass server where people couldnt get along and act as adults when it came to everyone having a chance at the pie. Much like it is here.

i was not in my servers top guild. i accepted that some people would do somethings that i would not be able to do. im just not an entitled ass that feels he should automatically get something just because someone else has it

[Rhambuk]

At least then they would have a reason to at least consider it, the possibility of beating them because you know when its due. There isnt even a possibility now, casual guilds are left just waiting for velious or simulated repop days.

FE has made the strongest attempt to compete with tmo, kudos and no hate if it comes off that way, and they still have problems getting targets.

Thats having mains camped out buffed ready at multiple raid locations, batphoning and logging in within minutes.

To claim that casual guilds don't want compete is just silly, the fact is competition is so off the charts (mainly due to variance, note mainly) and yeah we could quit our jobs, tell our friends and Families were to busy staring at the ground on a video game because a dragon can spawn between now and the next 30 hours but we shouldn't have to.

This server was advertised as supposedly being the closest thing to classic everquest and detrimental bugs/changes have been put in yet we still have this variance that has done nothing but create a HUGE gap between casuals and hardcores when its not that necessary. Still petitions and arguments over every raid mob but instead of 9 guilds petitioning there are only 2 becuase the other 7 have the sense to not waste the time.

[Skope]

Originally Posted by Splorf22 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I will say Sirken's tolerance of your constant insults is bordering on saintly, Skope. I think we violently disagree with his vision of the server but that is no reason not to be polite.

Why are you ignoring his posts then? I don't find that to be polite either.

Take a gander at his idiocy in this very thread:

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

/sigh

the fact that you see it this way makes me want to tear out my eye balls and beat some sense into you with them (yes, i said i wanted to beat sense into you with my eyeballs). ANY guild has a shot at ANY mob with the current system. i'm not going to sit here and give out strats to people that arent clever enough to figure out what they need to do.

but i 100% guarantee you that if i led a guild of 20-30 total members (not total online), ANY GUILD, i would get a couple traks every month, a couple VS, a couple of anything we wanted. ONLY BECAUSE of the way the current system works.

but without variance and FTE, we'd be fucked. and we'd get nothing.

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

sorry i didnt play on a lame ass rotation server.

If he wants a serious response then he should consider making serious replies. Instead, you get condescending idiotic replies and red herrings.

Here's another one:

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

i was not in my servers top guild. i accepted that some people would do somethings that i would not be able to do. im just not an entitled ass that feels he should automatically get something just because someone else has it

Kudos. Good luck getting people to respect you [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Rhambuk]

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

im just not an entitled ass that feels he should automatically get something just because someone else has it

I have not seen one post hinting that people just want free stuff, all we want is a level playing field.

and to say if we really wanted it wed put the time in is nonsense, YOU(the devs/gm's/man in charge) increased the time required for these encounters. Almost all of us(I think) want is that you bring the bar back down to where it was so that we can at least try and compete.

It's to bad that p99 raiding REQUIRES that your face be able to log in at a moments notice regardless of day/time. 3am? sorry no sleep for you gotta do trak, you have a wedding tomorrow? I hope VS spawns before then or your going to be single on monday...

[fullmetalcoxman]

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

Would this actually work provided you were the only person from your guild in the zone at the time that you got FTE?

Pretty sure in order to claim FTE you have to have a force there that can kill it.

[Sirken]

Originally Posted by Writ3r [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sirken leading a guild would get those mobs without question because

1: He is a GM (provides a lot of advantages buffs, mobilization, can DT other players etc.)
2: I'm sure he has access to timers
3: He is probably talking in terms of the red server

All sarcasm aside, i can't see how this past "mistake" as Rogean put it in regards to the current version of variance has yet to be remedied. Nilbog was highly active in terms of raid scene changes the last time a thread like this came up or who knows maybe 10 threads ago whenever February was on this variance timeline. It would appear it gets his attention every few months to where he feels the need to respond.

The problem is all of his promises and visions have been empty thus far and before anyone says velious is more important, the raid scene needs those fixes he talked about regardless. There is nothing wrong with him having not gotten to it yet as other more important issues have been handled such as the ban waves for cheating/RMT etc., but at some point we'd like to see some of the simpler ideas or more communication shine through it would appear with yet another thread delving into this topic.

Last i knew Nilbog was all about simulated patch days dating back to over a year or a year and a half now and it has yet to come to fruition, even if the coding aspect sucks why not just do it manually for the time being after so long?

count me in the "i want simulated patch days" camp.

in the last 30 days from today, there have been 11 trakanon kills. thats almost 3 a week. your little bit here:

1: He is a GM (provides a lot of advantages buffs, mobilization, can DT other players etc.)
2: I'm sure he has access to timers
3: He is probably talking in terms of the red server

was quite humorous.

from rereading this thread, im realizing the bigger issue is that most of you dont know how FTE rules work on this server.