The Current Raid Environment

[-Catherin-]

Derubael made it pretty clear in a recent post that if we really want to see change suggestions to the raid scene taken seriously then it needs to be discussed in this forum.

I'm seeing a whole lot more discussion going on but nothing still in this forum, where we have been told would be the only place that it would be given any weight. So im moving this topic here to see if people are ready to put their money where their mouths are.


The Current Points of Contention Are:


1. That FFA cycles are a failure and cause pretty much all of the current drama.

2. Class C and Class R are different playstyles - They just don't play nice together.

3. Variances are too close together and mob spawns stay too close because of this.

4. There is no clear direction for guilds that may want to test the Class C waters as to the process of moving back to Class R if it does not work out. Currently Class R views moving to Class C as guild suicide. There is nothing to motivate, and the risk is too high.

5. Autofire sucked and the current mage CoH spam sucks as well. What is there that would be better that could also be properly policied and enforced?



Some Suggestions/Solutions That Have Been Brought up Are:


1. Take variances and return them to what they were before the raid changes (all classes)

2. Take variances and return them to what they were before the raid changes (class C only)

3. C/R rotation, removing FFA from the rotation and making simulated repops complete FFA instead

4. C/C/R rotation, removing FFA from the rotation and making simulated repops complete FFA instead, INCLUDING adding VP to the R rotation.

5. C/R/FFA rotation remains as-is, but the current FFA mobs will all spawn at the same time (AKA when the first FFA mob of the week spawns, the rest automatically do as well)




So lets see what the guilds really think about all of this? Include suggestions I may have missed. Please represent your guild's opinion in this discussion. Keep personal grievances with one another and personal opinions at the door.