Should I give this guy my Fishbone Earring?

[Cecily]

Originally Posted by drktmplr12 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

pretty certain that isn't how it works. i believe they are supposed to ask you which area you would like to keep..

where do people get this idea that they can pick for someone else? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The server is overrun with people that have poor understanding of the rules. Then those people use their own wrong interpretations to kick others out of camps, take their named spawns, etc like what happened to snergle. This is why a community poll of illiterates might not be in the best interest of anyone.

[Jimjam]

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

The server is overrun with people that have poor understanding of the rules. Then those people use their own wrong interpretations to kick others out of camps, take their named spawns, etc like what happened to snergle. This is why a community poll of illiterates might not be in the best interest of anyone.

Jury is out.

[Ravager]

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

The server is overrun with people that have poor understanding of the rules. Then those people use their own wrong interpretations to kick others out of camps, take their named spawns, etc like what happened to snergle. This is why a community poll of illiterates might not be in the best interest of anyone.

Cecily for Guide 2016!

[Bristlebaner]

Eivy is wrong. End of thread.

[Hasbinbad]

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

Eivy is wrong. End of thread.

tru

[Lojik]

I think an afk autoboot feature could potentially solve some of these dilemmas.

[maskedmelon]

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

I think an afk autoboot feature could potentially solve some of these dilemmas.

Could make EC fun again ^^

[Alanus]

If Eivy killed the most recent spawn, he/she should know when the repop was due. So a 20 minute AFK is a bit long. You also engaged first.

However, camping long spawns sucks and everyone goes AFK between spawns. So it was kind of a dick move to do that over a 2k fishbone earring.

So, legally, I think you are in the right, but it was still somewhat of a dick move.

[georgie]

Originally Posted by Droog007 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is only my 3rd Fishbone Earring on P99 (or even on Live, for that matter), but what I've learned from my time camping him is this: If you don't know within a pretty narrow span of time that he is going to spawn, you're really camping a logged timestamp so you can be paying attention at the correct moment for the next spawn. This is what I've been doing these last few days, in an effort to score an earring for a new alt. During this time, I encountered Eivy, L60 epic ranger from <Fires of Heaven>, also trying to bag Hadden.



So I logged in at Hadden camp about 18 minutes prior to the spawn. I see Eivy is there again. I decided that since he was there first, I'll give him a 20-count before I start casting my 6.1 second nuke, and if he engages Hadden before I have the kill locked up with a second nuke, I'll cancel it and let him have the kill. This is more of a grace period than I would expect to be given if I were in his shoes - if you want exclusive access to a mob, you have to be actively camping it. This is what I've read from the CSR guys again and again, and I believe it's fair.

Hadden spawns, with no fishing pole, at the expected time:
(~Sun Jul 17 22:26:57 2016)

Here's the log of the battle:



And the ensuing conversation, after I logged over to the rogue project:



So what do you guys think? Eivy turned this over to the GMs via a petition, and also /tellblasted my guildleader (Dulas of Azure Guard) just like he indicated he would - but if the community can convince me I was in the wrong, I'll hand the earring to Eivy and resume the hunt.

Join red

[Smurflogik]

People who think OP didn't give enough time should try Seafuries some time. Those things rarely stand for more then 3 seconds before being tagged.

I mean, yes it sucks to camp something for hours, and lose it because you looked away for a moment, but that's kinda of the nature of the beast that is p99. It's sort of the reason the term "poopsocking" even exists, right?