suggestion - instanced TOV

[Bolix]

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

All classic actually. GM intervention was common among most servers in the raiding scene. Said intervention exists here.

I can only speak from my experience of one server (Rallos zek) on live. We had 5 or 6 guilds who were reasonably good about rotations. We had a pretty good record of making agreements about mobs and sharing, and respecting which guild was there in force. However, this was all by player agreement. I am struggling to think of anytime that a GM was involved in regulating this system.
Now we have 10+ guilds who are all capable of raiding high end mobs. Unlike VP which requires keys (a natural bottle neck) TOV is open to everyone at the start. So you could potentially have 10 guilds waiting for a NTOV dragon to spawn and then charging it, with all the (accidental or otherwise) training of other mobs.

In terms of "classic", my experience of NTOV was great. We gathered our forces, COHed to arry, figured out how to kill him (maybe wiping once or twice on the way). Then we had 3 or 4 hours of crawling round killing big dragons. The challenge was the mobs, not the other players (I still look back with disappointment at the time we wiped to Lord Koi-Doken at 1%!).

My guess is that the p1999 experience of NTOV won't be the same. It will be: single dragon in NTOV spawns, 10 guilds will have been poopsocking it, log in and 1 minute later its dead.
I know that lots of people are vociferously opposed to instancing of anything. I just think that it would be a way to improve the game for the majority (and I did laugh at the "its not here to be enjoyable!" quote).

On live, they are having a huge debate about instancing all raid content on one of their new progression servers. Although on live, they don't have GMs who are committed to the server and who do a great job at cutting out all the crap that they have on live.

TLDR: We have lots of non-classic GM interventions to make raiding less toxic. Instancing is a (major) non-classic change which would make raiding more enjoyable for the majority. i would love instanced TOV

[Synthlol]

Why are there constantly suggestions to make p99 more like all the other EQ EMU servers that nobody plays on?

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

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[fadetree]

This server is not here to be enjoyable, it's here to be as classic as possible. Enjoying it is up to you.

[blondeattk]

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

This server is not here to be enjoyable.

thats SO true!

[Nirgon]

lol tov on blue

no1 pull the shitty dragon cuz you'll get leap frogged and lose the good one

That is if you can get a cobalt scar key or even out of North Ro on launch... week

[indiscriminate_hater]

A+ troll thread, even fooled Tiggles

[Secrets]

imo

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[LordRayken]

I want to play classic Orcs, classic Frogloks ( with the old Guk models ) and I want a new classic themed Archer class.

Please.

[Nirgon]

It is going to be horrible with leap frogging, insane lag due to # of players, idiots from other lesser guilds training shit that aoe's with huge assist radius etc

Let alone if someone clears all the Lord/Lady dragons then another guild snipes Vulak after the fact

Luckily red won't have this problem