Drusella Player Agreement?

[seananetsberger]

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

Can I just say how refreshing and great this guy's naivete is? Like a few years ago on this server the idea of the whole server agreeing to random and then help on anything would have seen laughable.

It's actually really cool that we've been able to go from that to having several (reliable) rolls, where everyone helps out afterwards ... to the point where newer players are starting out expecting that!

I was around for the clickfest scout too.
Im not expecting it. Im proposing it. TY for your input tho!

[seananetsberger]

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

I see 2 problems with Drusella. The cords can be MQ by someone with the second ring and when I tested this quest on live last year, the urn was a semi rare drop. The big raiding guilds will hold this camp a very long time till all their alts have the cords and then some. Might even start selling the loot rights.

Agreed. It seems to be a 70% drop rate or so from what i've tallied.
Not bad, but not 100%!

[Castigate]

The problem with this sort of agreement on Drusella is its literally a camp. No variance, no FTE message, room full of mobs to clear, spawns inside a dungeon, you just kill the mob when it spawns.
It fits every definition of a camp that I can think of, and I'm happy as fuck that I got my urn when she was still spawning at 5:30am instead of prime time.
Another rumble will happen at some point though, and that will change her spawn timer, and eventually people will lose track of it allowing others to swoop in.

Also the fact that its a rare drop further complicates any sort of roll idea.

[seananetsberger]

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

The problem with this sort of agreement on Drusella is its literally a camp. No variance, no FTE message, room full of mobs to clear, spawns inside a dungeon, you just kill the mob when it spawns.
It fits every definition of a camp that I can think of, and I'm happy as fuck that I got my urn when she was still spawning at 5:30am instead of prime time.
Another rumble will happen at some point though, and that will change her spawn timer, and eventually people will lose track of it allowing others to swoop in.

Also the fact that its a rare drop further complicates any sort of roll idea.

All those points make perfect sense! Thanks for thought out input. It would be a complicated roll compared to say...
a 24-28 hour variance spawn w/ a 5 second roll timer.

[Fifield]

Eq rewards those able to game all day.

Take the halfling mask camp for example. I don't have hours and days to camp it. So someone who has the time will for me and I'll pay them. Then I'll make money doing things that take 1-2hrs if being online.

Selfish plug to wtb halfling mask.

[Castigate]

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

All those points make perfect sense! Thanks for thought out input. It would be a complicated roll compared to say...
a 24-28 hour variance spawn w/ a 5 second roll timer.

That's a quest turn in though, not a camp. Also the drop rate is no more than 1/3, or at least was not in the first 3 weeks.

[Fifield]

I'm also surprised that it isn't camped 24/7. I thought it would be from day one. 12hrs means the camp is open for awhile. Step your game up poopsockers!

[seananetsberger]

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

That's a quest turn in though, not a camp. Also the drop rate is no more than 1/3, or at least was not in the first 3 weeks.

agreed, it is a turn in.

[Not_Mikeo]

Sadly I think we're stuck with DS as a camp. If you're not willing to wake up at 3am, sit at a computer all day, neglect your health, family, friends, tan skin tone, etc. and someone else is, then obviously you don't want it enough.

Some people are willing to wake up ass early in the morning to sock DS or stare at a wall waiting for a goblin to spawn so they can roll within 5 seconds, and other will wait to do it until they can fit it in their lives.

You need to decide how important is this 20 year old elf sim to you. Is it the most important thing in your life and how you value yourself based on how BIS your monk and bard are (despite not having a ST shroud so you're not really BIS)? Or is it just a game?

[Erati]

I blame whoever made Lucan a camp!

It set a precedent of clearing non-placeholders as something important.

Classic Everquest camps always were whether the PH of what you were camping is down or not. If PH is up and youre not killing it, you don’t have the camp. Somewhere down the line this changed on P99 tho...