Some variance ideas

[Alarti0001]

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

i love that you think youre a clever person.

u dont need a zerg to get mobs here. but if you dont think EQ is a timesink game, then you either havent played, or we arent talking about the same game.

qft

[Splorf22]

Originally Posted by Sirken

but i 100% guarantee you that if i led a guild of 20-30 total members (not total online), ANY GUILD, i would get a couple traks every month, a couple VS, a couple of anything we wanted. ONLY BECAUSE of the way the current system works.

Sirken you know I <3 you but this is some serious bullshit.

First, if you want any chance VS/Trakanon you must have your raid force fully buffed out at VS pit/Poop Mountain. So your 20-30 players can go for exactly one target at a time, and they get to play alts in the meantime.

Second, not everyone is going to log on for every batphone. Even if we assume you only track during US primetime or whatnot you won't get better than 60% raid attendance if your players have any sort of life other than EQ. That means you'll be fielding 15-20 people. And lets not forget ifi you only track during US primetime there will only be maybe 3 Trakanons a month. You are saying you would score 100% on them, PLUS get VS, PLUS get other stuff. Not going to happen.

Third, in order to get FTE you must abandon all semblance of strategy. Your 15-20 people probably could kill Trakanon with no time pressure, but with TMO there you'll have to make all sorts of concessions. You can't kill the protector first; you have to train him away. Not only does this reduce your numbers, but it means you have to kill Trak real fast. Or what about CT? It takes like 40 to kill him here because if you clear the zone first the way Verant intended the other guild will leapfrog you 100%.

Now maybe you could pick up some of the less contested stuff like Fay or Sev but there is no way you would take even a single Trakanon from TMO.

Originally Posted by sirken

sorry i didnt play on a lame ass rotation server.

Why must you insist on trying to turn P1999 into Lord of the Flies? Why can't we all just go back and relive a few memories? It's 15 years after the real EQ happened; whatever minimal bragging rights existed were handed out back then. No one is going to give a fuck who "dominated" P1999 in 10 years.

[Thulack]

Originally Posted by Splorf22 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Sirken you know I <3 you but this is some serious bullshit.

First, if you want any chance VS/Trakanon you must have your raid force fully buffed out at VS pit/Poop Mountain. So your 20-30 players can go for exactly one target at a time, and they get to play alts in the meantime.

Second, not everyone is going to log on for every batphone. Even if we assume you only track during US primetime or whatnot you won't get better than 60% raid attendance if your players have any sort of life other than EQ. That means you'll be fielding 15-20 people.

Third, in order to get FTE you must abandon all semblance of strategy. Your 15-20 people probably could kill Trakanon with no time pressure, but with TMO there you'll have to make all sorts of concessions. You can't kill the protector first; you have to train him away. Not only does this reduce your numbers, but it means you have to kill Trak real fast. Or what about CT? It takes like 40 to kill him here because if you clear the zone first the way Verant intended the other guild will leapfrog you 100%.

Now maybe you could pick up some of the less contested stuff like Fay or Sev but there is no way you would take even a single Trakanon from TMO.



Why must you insist on trying to turn P1999 into Lord of the Flies? Why can't we all just go back and relive a few memories? It's 15 years after the real EQ happened; whatever minimal bragging rights existed were handed out back then. No one is going to give a fuck who "dominated" P1999 in 10 years.

Because Sirken was probably one of those hardcore's that dropped everything he was doing to be on EQ and raid and laugh at other guilds when they couldnt get any loot. That is my impression of Sirken from his constant snarky responses about any kind of Rotation. Sirken i'm sorry you played on a lame ass server where people couldnt get along and act as adults when it came to everyone having a chance at the pie. Much like it is here.

[Sirken]

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

I never said EQ wasn't a time sink, you're just making up arguments that you want me to say so you can argue against them. You're over your head here, buddy.

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

I <3 Sirken's 12-year-old nerdrage responses. It almost makes him feel human. artificial time sink =! classic

swing and a miss

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

Why am I arguing with a 12-year-old? Why does a 12-year-old have a green name? Let me know when nilbog gets back down to earth again. It'd be nice to have at least one reasonable person running this show.

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[Sarius]

You don't need Zerg to get trak, it's really quite simple provided there is no FTE shouts. All you need is one person from your guild to get FTE and let TMO kill your mob. Petition and enjoy the loot!

[khanable]

Simulated server repops would be awesome..

Has Rogaen more or less left this server? That's the impression that I've gotten from a few threads.. I don't really keep up with this sort of stuff.

[Sirken]

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

Simulated server repops would be awesome..

Has Rogaen more or less left this server? That's the impression that I've gotten from a few threads.. I don't really keep up with this sort of stuff.

Rogean has not left the server at all. however his time his split up between both P99/R99, as well as big things for the EQEmulator (ie: password reset), as well as having a RL job that sends him all over the country, as well as obligations to spend time with friends and family, as well as any other hobbies he might partake in for a bit of enjoyment amongst all the busyness.

but i assure you Rogean has not gone anywhere. i speak to Rogean and nilbog both almost every day.

tldr = Rogean cares.

[Sarius]

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

You don't need Zerg to get trak, it's really quite simple provided there is no FTE shouts. All you need is one person from your guild to get FTE and let TMO kill your mob. Petition and enjoy the loot!

Would this actually work provided you were the only person from your guild in the zone at the time that you got FTE?

[quido]

Skope, why don't you go start your own server if you don't like how this one is managed? I have a feeling you're going to be a whiny brat no matter the circumstances.

[fullmetalcoxman]

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

Would this actually work provided you were the only person from your guild in the zone at the time that you got FTE?

Pretty sure in order to claim FTE you have to have a force there that can kill it.