Open petition to reduce variance to +/- 4 hours

[Aviann]

This three guild alliance you guys keep talking about doesn't happen but rarely. Sontalak being the last time in quite a long time.

We don't have any vendetta for cutting Anonymous out of the picture. The reasoning behind what we are doing now is to stop a monopoly that would inevitably push us all into the dirt collectively. Like Arum explained above, when the server is controlled by one guild, things get shitty.

[Legday]

If the variance was tightened, after the first server reset (where all of the most desirable targets died within a 2-3 spread), 7 days from that point the larger guilds wouldn't really care about Sev's small window because they would be socking north ToV with dozens of targets in short reach spawning one after another. Even as the windows started to spread out, the RNG gods would have to be cruel over the course of several weeks to seperate Sev's window away from the bigger targets to the point where larger guilds would try to take advantage of the smaller window. A longer variance just accelerates this.

[ArumTP]

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

Why would FAT/bda/divinity support this if if it enabled smaller guild like anonymous more of an opportunity? I can't think of any other time (besides the guilds we ally with) people have made decisions that benefitted our progression over them getting more loot. Is this in hopes that rampage cannot go for other mobs outside sleepers? I fail to see how this just doesn't turn the few mobs that are open to us even more contested. 4 hour window sev? Why wouldn't every single guild be there? If something else was in window maybe it would just be an alt army.

Exactly this. Window right now is sunday through wednesday for high priority contested targets in velious. Low target velious mobs and all of kunark is open game for anyone not going for high priority mobs. Nobody is decamping for anything during this time. Smaller guilds get stuff.

Halving the variance would shrink that window down, putting those camped out guilds back out into kunark for something to do the rest of the time. This won't help small guilds.

[Legday]

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

Exactly this. Window right now is sunday through wednesday for high priority contested targets in velious. Low target velious mobs and all of kunark is open game for anyone not going for high priority mobs. Nobody is decamping for anything during this time. Smaller guilds get stuff.

Halving the variance would shrink that window down, putting those camped out guilds back out into kunark for something to do the rest of the time. This won't help small guilds.

Only if the windows all sat right where they are currently are and Sev's windows sat squarely in a void, but a server reset changes that completely. After a reset Sev wouldn't fall in his own timeframe for a looong time.

[Kileras]

I'm pretty sure most of the targets are still highly contested right now. Not tal/fay but most everything else is that we have seen or gone after. I'm fine with that being the case, but you can't say they aren't contested anymore, and it doesn't change the fact that these aren't really targets of interest to anyone because you can get better gear for easier all over the place. Sev/trak/52 Dragons are still highly contested and the few mobs anyone really cares for.


I agree though, if the windows could stay remotely in heavy overlap, it would hopefully make guilds pick and choose targets and other people could get a chance to experience the fun/thrill of doing it with their crew.

[arsenalpow]

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

I'm pretty sure most of the targets are still highly contested right now. Not tal/fay but most everything else is that we have seen or gone after. I'm fine with that being the case, but you can't say they aren't contested anymore, and it doesn't change the fact that these aren't really targets of interest to anyone because you can get better gear for easier all over the place. Sev/trak/52 Dragons are still highly contested and the few mobs anyone really cares for.


I agree though, if the windows could stay remotely in heavy overlap, it would hopefully make guilds pick and choose targets and other people could get a chance to experience the fun/thrill of doing it with their crew.

Server reset plus longer windows makes it more likely that stuff separates itself from the majority. Shit, VP only has 6 dragons and they go from Thursday to Wednesday now.

[Legday]

Worth pointing out that Earthquakes currently reset Velious spawn timers but only server resets do that for Kunark mobs, which is why Kunark and Velious windows are currently out of wack. The last quake was on a Sunday night so the Velious mob spawn timers re-centered there and the Kunark mobs were just bonus kills, and their true timers stayed around Saturday. A server reset would get everything back in line.

I'm bored at work. Does it show?

[arsenalpow]

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

Worth pointing out that Earthquakes currently reset Velious spawn timers but only server resets do that for Kunark mobs, which is why Kunark and Velious windows are currently out of wack. The last quake was on a Sunday night so the Velious mob spawn timers re-centered there and the Kunark mobs were just bonus kills, and their true timers stayed around Saturday. A server reset would get everything back in line.

I'm bored at work. Does it show?

It's after lunch on a Friday, everyone is in the same boat.

[Kileras]

I'm bored too man. Way behind shot list for the day and sitting on a crane with nothing to do but talk to nerds on the Internet.

[Seltius]

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Sorry couldn't resist.

Good ideas I like the fact that people are posting their opinions and views.