I'm New, Raid Questions

[simp403]

Originally Posted by Spyder73 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't want to get started b!tching about the time sink that is "raiding" (aka sitting around not actually playing EQ), but needless to say it is time consuming and not fun. If you want dragon loot, expect to immerse yourself deeply into the game. You can get nice stuff from questing, planar runs, epic, ect - But don't get your heart set on killing anything that is on a 5 or 7 day timer.

Real question: what is the appeal of raiding? If the raids themselves are not enjoyable, then is it just about getting better gear? That better gear is only good for raiding harder mobs, though. It seems like a bit of a masochistic pursuit.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

Raiding in classic everquest, which this server replicates, requires a high level of organization and readiness.

The closest analogy I can give is, imagine a large prairie, with competing groups of predatory animals waiting for a difficult prey to wander into the prairie. When the prey finally appears (and it can take 12 hours), the fastest and best organized group of animals get the kill, and then divy up the internal organs and the choicest parts.

The competing groups of animals then move on to the next prairie, to wait for the enxt prey to appear.

It's fun.

[Jay F Kay]

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

Are you willing to wake up in the middle of the night to a batphone alert or people yelling over your computer speakers when a dragon spawns?

The lengths you people will go for pixels..................... Do you guys ever step back and look at what you're doing objectively? It's pretty god damn absurd.

[jcr4990]

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

The lengths you people will go for pixels..................... Do you guys ever step back and look at what you're doing objectively? It's pretty god damn absurd.

I try not to think about it

[bktroost]

Okay so I answered in great detail and the only interest is in criticizing raiding.

Troll post confirmed.

[teija]

I work a good 50 hours a week, dont wake up for batphones on work nights and I still average a good 55-60% RA in a "hardcore" raid guild, Its not as bad as some people lead it to be. We are able to do alot of things during "prime-time" Like ST since we have the only kill force for it.

[Colgate 2.0]

raiding on red much more reasonable/casual

[Fanguru]

With 3 hours a day in the evening you can join any guild except Rampage and maybe Forsaken (afaik). There is no minimum attendance requirement.
Just be aware that a lot of raid mobs pop during different 16 hours windows. If your 3 hours overlap with one of those windows, you can join for that raid. You just need to get lucky and the mob pops at the right time for you.

As bktroost mentioned, some guilds also schedule fixed hours raids for plane clears, juggs spell farming, Velious faction farming or armor runs in ToV.
Note that the best gear does not drop from any of those scheduled raids.

[Pyrion]

You only need raid gear for more raids. So if you do not want to raid, you do not need to.

I don't like raids, but i do like groups. I am happy that way.

[burkemi5]

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

I work a good 50 hours a week, dont wake up for batphones on work nights and I still average a good 55-60% RA in a "hardcore" raid guild, Its not as bad as some people lead it to be. We are able to do alot of things during "prime-time" Like ST since we have the only kill force for it.

Very true, and very much agree. Some of the velious bosses require decent numbers, so a lot of the bosses stay up until a guild can yield enough people. This can sometimes be 4-8pm EST, making it far easier to get to. However, there are also some mobs that are still so highly contested that your guild will try to wake you up. It all depends on what kind of guild you want to join. I'd refer to bktroosts post first, then I'd talk to an officer or member of the guild you're thinking about joining. Do they bat phone overnight? Do mainly go after targets during prime time?

If you put in the leg work as far as moving around your mains before time, you can easily log in for 1-2 hours for an attempt and/ or kill and call it a day.