Raiding Question- TMO - Page 10

Alarti0001 · #1 11-21-2012, 04:46 PM

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Omg, 70 man, no vent, 8hr raids.

I'm not sure how your raids lasted so long with so many people. But big raids was always more fun than smaller ones which is why current MMO trends bore me.

Ssra, Burrower Beast, THO, Griegs, Akheva are all awesome raids and alot of them are pretty quick. Some of the deeper stuff took some time...but 8 hrs? jeez.

Obviously, I am ignoring VexThal and rightly so.. ICK !

India · #2 11-21-2012, 04:51 PM

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I'm not sure how your raids lasted so long with so many people. But big raids was always more fun than smaller ones which is why current MMO trends bore me.

Ssra, Burrower Beast, THO, Griegs, Akheva are all awesome raids and alot of them are pretty quick. Some of the deeper stuff took some time...but 8 hrs? jeez.

Obviously, I am ignoring VexThal and rightly so.. ICK !

I think I was one of the few that liked Vex Thal

Now the raid I hated, because an ench was my main, was the Rathe Council. That raid just sucked initially

rekreant · #3 11-22-2012, 09:56 AM

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I'm not sure how your raids lasted so long with so many people. But big raids was always more fun than smaller ones which is why current MMO trends bore me.

Ssra, Burrower Beast, THO, Griegs, Akheva are all awesome raids and alot of them are pretty quick. Some of the deeper stuff took some time...but 8 hrs? jeez.

Obviously, I am ignoring VexThal and rightly so.. ICK !

This. Our longest raids were 5hs and they were so much fun!!!

Raavak · #4 11-21-2012, 04:59 PM

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I liked Luclin and PoP actually. I understand the arguments against the bazaar and PoK books. I agree with them. Velious is my favorite expansion but I play to raid and Luclin has some fucking awesome raids.

EQ peaked with PoP. Outside VT the Luclin raids were awesome... it finally took more than just tank and spank (and I liked the Shissar lore). Same with PoP raids, though Rathe Council was a painful to experience, even as a hybrid.

After that the expansions got so 'meh. Kind of like comparing Star Wars episodes 4, 5, and 6 to 1, 2, and 3.

Ungriim · #5 11-21-2012, 04:37 PM

FE doesnt have the base to split. I don't think guilds like Taken and BDA would split, because they are family style guilds and they want to play with people they like. Losing half their guild just for a couple extra dragon drops would be pointless for them. The only thing a rotation would do is open up content for them and let them have more fun. TMO could potentially split because they have an old player base, a new player base, and way too many people to gear, but they could potentially stay as one? I dont know.

Alarti0001 · #6 11-21-2012, 04:38 PM

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FE doesnt have the base to split. I don't think guilds like Taken and BDA would split, because they are family style guilds and they want to play with people they like. Losing half their guild just for a couple extra dragon drops would be pointless for them. The only thing a rotation would do is open up content for them and let them have more fun. TMO could potentially split because they have an old player base, a new player base, and way too many people to gear, but they could potentially stay as one? I dont know.

BDA has already split, where do you think FE came from?

Ungriim · #7 11-21-2012, 04:40 PM

Ya but I think some of that had to do with IB/VD people looking for a home. There was a lot of homeless raid type players floating around that ended up in BDA. BDA is back to BDA, and they still have the family-style feel

Alarti0001 · #8 11-21-2012, 04:43 PM

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Ya but I think some of that had to do with IB/VD people looking for a home. There was a lot of homeless raid type players floating around that ended up in BDA. BDA is back to BDA, and they still have the family-style feel

They are less likely to split now certainly but they still have ragethon crazies like Anthrax there.

Ungriim · #9 11-21-2012, 04:42 PM

Im leaving for vacation now and won't have internet, but I hope this meeting of GM's and guild leaders I've been hearing about actually happens while I'm gone and that something productive comes of it.

porigromus · #10 11-21-2012, 05:29 PM

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Ok, so forgive me if this is common knowledge or has already been discussed. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
This would be aimed more at TMO since they are the main force.

My husband and I have only been on this server about 3 weeks and the people I have asked do not seem to know. I have not been ready to raid so I did not concern myself to much with finding this info out until now.

So, my guild Taken on my 1st planar raid with them killed Innoruk in Hate last night. He was an add and we downed him easily with 3 other adds.

Now here is my question, is there a raid rotation? I am sure my leaders know this answer but with T-day cooking, its easier to sit down and type this up. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I spent 6 years in EQ as a co-leader of the #1 guild on Xev, Quiet Solitude http://www.qsguild.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4970, the guild is still there to this day on live and now on Xegony.
Our guild managed and oversaw the Raid Rotation and honor system. Guilds earned their way to kills and into the rotation by proving they could kill X mobs first unassisted and in a reasonable time. For example, if a guild killed Inny then then earned the right to the next slightly harder raid boss, kill that boss and earn the right to next X boss... etc (If that makes sense)

Our rotation had about 3 top guilds and several lesser guilds... When a mob popped, the next guild in rotation was given a a window of X hours after he popped to kill it. Our guild typically would pass on our turn for a lesser Raid boss unless someone needed something from that boss. Granted this was live so many more targets and we only went to places like hate for epic quest items.

We had 1 guild in the 6 years break conformity and started to steal raid mobs. Needless to say the other guilds converged and cock blocked, removing that guild from the rotation and into oblivion. (They were #2 on the server and wanted to take over. They would show up and kill the lesser guilds targets like Ninja's, so my guild intervened)

This is one of the reasons we chose to return to EQ, the player base is phenemonal.
So if there is no current Raid Rotation, I would implore TMO to step up to the plate and become the raiding officials and enforcers. It creates a well balance server and IMHO makes that top guild really shine.

For myself loot is a secondary concern. I think about my Tank, my leaders, my friends, who spend so much time with us and raiding X mob to death for us. I would love to see our MT Kenevil rewarded with his Epic, and others.

If you do already maintain a Raid Rotation, then disregard this post, and thank you for doing what you do <3

So you started three weeks ago on this server and you are already raiding? Power leveling? Purchased characters? So much for enjoying the journey. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]