Where's the fun in raiding?

[kaev]

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

"Yo...Why go to a party when I can just drink at home by myself?"

^^
Vowels nailed it.

We're over-complicating this. Everything in this thread aside from the first line of Vowels' post is just our collective OCD spilling onto the forums, as per usual.

[new player]

i love hanging out with all the bros online. you know, and kicking back with a brewski getting fresh with my cats at home.

[Pint]

Join a guild that doesn't win all the time, when you do win it is fun.

[Doors]

The fun in Project1999's raid scene has always been monopolizing mobs then rubbing it in everyone's face.

[Altereagle]

We have fun.

[teija]

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

Of course it does. Once you hit 60, you have your epic and best gear in game then what do you do? Everything that was once difficult is a breeze now that you're in nearly BiS everything and zerging through it. I suppose I'd rather play in a guild that's more about skill and calculations than the "1.Let us throw 100 warm bodies at this boss mob and see if we make it!" . I just don't find the point of that, okay so you've made any sort of challenge extinct, and somebody else pointed out that it's to have fun with friends. 2.Do you really know all 100 of those people? 3.Are you all chatting in vent keeping a conversation going? I highly doubt it especially considering how tyrannical most raid leaders in vent are. You may as well do something challenging with the 10-20 people that you actually DO know, and have known for more than just 2-8 groups in the past. Just my take on it though, 4.if people like bashing their heads against the wall and not testing themselves then it's a pretty moot point.

1.Im not sure where this "zerg"/"throw 100 bodies at the mob" thing came from but we have not had 100 people on a raid since day 1, our last few weeks raids have been a 30-65 average.

2. Yes I know every active raider in our guild including what class they are and chat with many of them [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

3.Having many people talking in vent/ts at once can cause tons of issues/headaches for any guild on a raid and simple etiquette is expected during raids for most guilds im sure.

4. You sir have prolly not encountered the new Lord Vyemm or Tunare yet.

[fiveeauxfour]

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

Being able to skip a 30-60min trash clear...

This is probably the biggest gripe I have with raiding on this server. I really do enjoy the dungeon crawl culminating in the big bad boss kill, and I wish it was a possibility here, but it just isn't for extremely obvious reasons.

It's like we have taken a WoW approach to EQ, and IMO it does ultimately destroys the "classic" feeling when it comes to raiding. This is just my opinion, of course.

[Alunova]

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

This is probably the biggest gripe I have with raiding on this server. I really do enjoy the dungeon crawl culminating in the big bad boss kill, and I wish it was a possibility here, but it just isn't for extremely obvious reasons.

It's like we have taken a WoW approach to EQ, and IMO it does ultimately destroys the "classic" feeling when it comes to raiding. This is just my opinion, of course.

I witnessed a kill recently where the pullers spent almost an hour pulling so they could avoid 6 trash mobs that could have been killed in 15 minutes. Sometimes I wonder..

[kaev]

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

I witnessed a kill recently where the pullers spent almost an hour pulling so they could avoid 6 trash mobs that could have been killed in 15 minutes. Sometimes I wonder..

I hope you had a nice big bowl of popcorn at hand for the show!

[dafier]

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

This.

I played another EQEmu server that had custom content, 14 tiers of raiding (100+ targets) and a maximum raid force of 18 people with fights that strategically were far beyond tank and spank.

From start to finish if not using twinks, a guild could expect up to a year's worth of weekly raids while climbing through tiers to gear everyone and be able to move on.

Life exists beyond EQ!

I think you are speaking about Shards of Dalaya.