Some Questions About the UN and Federation

[Elijah850]

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

There is this narrative that the strongest guild on this server is overly benevolent in their willingness to share rotated content with the underling guilds. They “graciously” share the less desirable content of the game with “far lesser” players who, in the dominant narrative, would never have a chance otherwise. Who knows, maybe they’re right. Maybe they could simply hold down all raid content 24-7 and force other guilds to kill orcs in Oasis at level 50 endlessly.

Or, maybe, this narrative serves a purpose to guide the server in such a way that this dominance is never challenged. We all know what our experience has been when there is a challenge for any 7-day content the dominant guild doesn’t want to lose. If they don’t just steamroll it outright, there are endless fraps and endless petitions and endless lawyer quests. They are happy with competition – to a point - as long as it is perfectly executed according to their standards. Any moves upward or outward of the box they have created for the server is seen as an existential threat to their status quo.

But the question for guilds like ours is; why do we continue to perpetuate a system that grants a sense of legitimacy to the dominant guild’s motivations and true intentions? Why do we allow this narrative of benevolence and inferiority to continue unchallenged? We decided not to. As I stated elsewhere, we are more than happy to lose fairly. I'd rather lose on our terms than win on theirs. And we will work to become stronger, more competitive, and more connected in the process. We look forward to the challenge.

I can get behind your last paragraph

[Trexller]

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

Careful, Private First Class Stolen Valor might make more nonsensical posts.

Gotta give him a break, he is posting from an undisclosed forward operating base on 3G from a Getac ruggedized laptop while under fire from enemy paintballs.

[Elijah850]

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

Gotta give him a break, he is posting from an undisclosed forward operating base on 3G from a Getac ruggedized laptop while under fire from enemy paintballs.

Epic trolling to pick on the Joe guy is bullshit also fellas. I have no beef with anyone and I definately don't tolerate bullies IRL nor condone them in pixel quest. Wake up and stop being such shitty people. Compassion is so rewarding but unattainable for minds like like the ones who typed your posts. Don't waste all our time with your posts please unless you have any substance to your message other than belittling ANYONE. Nonsense Recondito Joe whatever regardless stop being douchebags

[Elijah850]

or dont, just making sure you see what you are in plain english. Flame away if u mad.

[RecondoJoe]

Originally Posted by Elijah850 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Epic trolling to pick on the Joe guy is bullshit also fellas. I have no beef with anyone and I definately don't tolerate bullies IRL nor condone them in pixel quest. Wake up and stop being such shitty people. Compassion is so rewarding but unattainable for minds like like the ones who typed your posts. Don't waste all our time with your posts please unless you have any substance to your message other than belittling ANYONE. Nonsense Recondito Joe whatever regardless stop being douchebags

You should file a civil suit. It's what I would do.

[Elijah850]

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

You should file a civil suit. It's what I would do.

This may be proof some people beyond redemption. That is all....

[Cawin]

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[Albanwr]

Nice troll thread, but i'll bite and give my opinion

1) Were we really this soft in 1999? Was most of the content on a scheduled rotation and will it be the same in Kunark and Velious?

I was not more or less soft 20 years ago. I was just younger and had different goals, and the drive for loot was paramount. I played on Veeshan and pretty much all raid targets were locked down by FoH and Mr. Furor Planedefiler himself. He was very competitive and knew his stuff. But we needed help to get out of a bad CR in fear and he stepped up and helped us. He knew community mattered, and helped when the call went out.

2) What would happen if <Seal Team> left the UN and locked everything down? What would happen if your guild isn’t able to run a Tranix Crown through its DKP system?

the petition queue would be a nightmare for the CS Staff is pretty much what would happen.

3) I’ve never seen a top server guild share so much content. When ST kills Phinny on an earthquake why does the rest of the UN start curing? Were we really this soft in 1999?

Not sure what this question even means.

4) Do you think the original developers intended end game content to be competitive or shared in a modified TLP format?


A lot of the stuff in the game was decided by the players, the devs just put stuff there and the players did what the players did.

[Trexller]

Well you gotta realize, well adjusted people don't spend 18 hours a day playing a 20 year old game.

For the most part, well adjusted people don't play eq at all.

We're all batshit crazy.

[AenorVZ]

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

Get rid of the UN, get rid of GM intervention, legalize training, whoever does the most damage gets the loot, implant an RFID chip in everyones’s arm, and enable PvP with no level cap.


Think about it, won’t you?

Consider Purple (a new pvp server).