To Sirken/Staff - serious discussion

[runlvlzero]

And it's actually on a few of those derps bitching on the forums. The rest are content to patiently solo and wait for their Nihilum apps.

[big mouth chew]

cant even talk to you cause you just keep editing your post every 5 mins

[runlvlzero]

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

fair nuff
i was taking the term 'opposition' personally because i am opposed

but yeah he's right, i actually have fun playing eq so theres a big difference

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[nilbog]

Ok so when the server came back online..

-How many players logged on within an hour?
-How many of those players are raid capable?
-What % of those players were Nihilum?
-Did they all go to the same location? Where was it?
-Where did everyone else go?
-Have the smaller guilds attempted a truce on respawn days?

In my honest opinion, adding the variance PvE has would mean everyone else gets NO raid targets. This is quite a similar situation that happened on eqlive during classic. So wtf.

[Retti_]

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

Ok so when the server came back online..

-How many players logged on within an hour? 150
-How many of those players are raid capable?90
-What % of those players were Nihilum? 40/90
-Did they all go to the same location? Where was it?40 nilly in KC within 15 minutes. 20 azrael streamed into skyfire over 2 hour period
-Where did everyone else go?
-Have the smaller guilds attempted a truce on respawn days?

In my honest opinion, adding the variance PvE has would mean everyone else gets NO raid targets. This is quite a similar situation that happened on eqlive during classic. So wtf.

[Littlegyno 10.0]

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

Ok so when the server came back online..

-How many players logged on within an hour?
-How many of those players are raid capable?
-What % of those players were Nihilum?
-Did they all go to the same location? Where was it?
-Where did everyone else go?
-Have the smaller guilds attempted a truce on respawn days?

In my honest opinion, adding the variance PvE has would mean everyone else gets NO raid targets. This is quite a similar situation that happened on eqlive during classic. So wtf.

they're not trying to legit get variance. they're trying to add a non classic mechanic in order to troll Nihilum. If you can't get enough people on for repop after a 24 hr downtime how the fuck can you get people on for a 4am random trakanon or vs?

[HippoNipple]

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

Ok so when the server came back online..

-How many players logged on within an hour?
-How many of those players are raid capable?
-What % of those players were Nihilum?
-Did they all go to the same location? Where was it?
-Where did everyone else go?
-Have the smaller guilds attempted a truce on respawn days?

In my honest opinion, adding the variance PvE has would mean everyone else gets NO raid targets. This is quite a similar situation that happened on eqlive during classic. So wtf.

Everyone that currently wants to raid and is high enough level is in Nihilum. There were probably 120 people on last night within an hour of the server being up. Nihilum had over 50 people at one point, then it dropped to mid 40's (probably some boxing for buffs/teleports).

Out of 120 people there may have been 10 people max that were level 60 that are not in Nihilum. Basically everyone that isn't in Nihilum that is in raid range went to skyfire and ran into a wall of 40 something players.

PvP didn't happen, 1-2 hours of buffing and mobilizing with uncontested splurts of 10 second PvE happened, another day on red99.

[pharmakos]

how many of you guys have played on Blue?

on Blue, Variance just makes it *easier* for the top guild to keep the raid mobs locked down. variance requires 24/7 tracking 4-5 days a week. being able to always field a tracker (shittiest job in the guild) for each raid target requires having a huge roster.

if the smaller guilds can't compete even when they know the respawn time a week ahead of time and can plan ahead, what makes you think they'll be able to compete against 4 AM batphones?

the grass is not always greener on the other side

[krazyGlue]

variance would help on respawn day. not server restarts, and yes it would be a huuge difference. but hey im tired of wasting my time. nihilum has devs, +gms on their team.. its like beating a dead horse andis. just give up

[krazyGlue]

I just hope you guys either have a strct.policy on hiding your identity if your a GM or DEV if you play on teams. +/tinfoil hat