Some variance ideas

[fullmetalcoxman]

If that's the case would you mind clarifying them for us please?

[Rhambuk]

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

in the last 30 days from today, there have been 11 trakanon kills. thats almost 3 a week. your little bit here:


from rereading this thread, im realizing the bigger issue is that most of you dont know how FTE rules work on this server.

3 traks a week is little to many, no?

if we don't understand how FTE works, then please explain it to us....
or put in more rules without explanation and complain when guilds train/ks/petition...

[Thulack]

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

i was not in my servers top guild. i accepted that some people would do somethings that i would not be able to do. im just not an entitled ass that feels he should automatically get something just because someone else has it

Just because some people want 30 mins to an hour to actually get their raid organized to kill a mob? I dont see this as feeling entitled. You act like there are only 2 guilds that are capable of killing trak or VS on this server. If your counting within 5 mins of one of these mobs spawning sure but i would be willing to wager there are 6-8 guilds on this server that if they had alittle bit of time to actually get organized could take out the targets.

[Rhambuk]

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

Just because some people want 30 mins to an hour to actually get their raid organized to kill a mob? I dont see this as feeling entitled. You act like there are only 2 guilds that are capable of killing trak or VS on this server. If your counting within 5 mins of one of these mobs spawning sure but i would be willing to wager there are 6-8 guilds on this server that if they had alittle bit of time to actually get organized could take out the targets.

and knowing when the mob is due, as they should per classic rules, they would have that chance.

but apparently anything under a 30 hour wait is just having it handed to them...

[quido]

I don't know how people can realistically expect p99 to perfectly emulate the experience they had on live - as perfect as it could get now, it still wouldn't be the same. Tell Rogean and Nilbog to open another dozen servers, recruit about 100,000 more casual clueless players, DDoS Allakhazam and EQAtlas and take down the wiki, and brainwash every Everquest player ever, and then we might be a little closer to replicating the experience you remember.

As if the fact that this diverse collection of players is crammed into a single server isn't enough - add to that the extremely extended timeline and relative ease with which people can inform themselves of all content-related knowledge - and I think you have a recipe for drama. It's like you went to a Journey concert last night and decided to bitch about the fact that Steve Perry wasn't singing, knowing full-well the whole while what you were getting yourself into.

[Rhambuk]

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

It's like you went to a Journey concert last night and decided to bitch about the fact that Steve Perry wasn't singing, knowing full-well the whole while what you were getting yourself into.

If the sign advertised Steve Perry will sing at this concert, though it may be +/-48 hours of when the concert takes place.

P99 was supposed to emulate classic eq, the variance is the complete opposite of that. I know something needed to be done, but why not limit the amount of guilds that can form on the server to 2. Its practically the same and its just as unclassic as variance

[Thulack]

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

I don't know how people can realistically expect p99 to perfectly emulate the experience they had on live - as perfect as it could get now, it still wouldn't be the same. Tell Rogean and Nilbog to open another dozen servers, recruit about 100,000 more casual clueless players, DDoS Allakhazam and EQAtlas and take down the wiki, and brainwash every Everquest player ever, and then we might be a little closer to replicating the experience you remember.

As if the fact that this diverse collection of players is crammed into a single server isn't enough - add to that the extremely extended timeline and relative ease with which people can inform themselves of all content-related knowledge - and I think you have a recipe for drama. It's like you went to a Journey concert last night and decided to bitch about the fact that Steve Perry wasn't singing, knowing full-well the whole while what you were getting yourself into.

No one is asking for it to be perfect. People are asking for a chance to either relive raiding or experience it for the first time here without having the clusterfuck at the top we do now. Honestly you not having playing on live in classic really you have no reason to talk here Jeremy. What p99 raiding is is nothing like it was on live for me and many other people that play here. I'd think making a majority of the people on the server happy by using "classic" features would be something that would be at the top of the list for Dev's.

[Rhambuk]

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

I'd think making a majority of the people on the server happy by using "classic" features would be something that would be at the top of the list for Dev's.

Player happiness not in the devs minds when working on the server
Recreating a classic experience is supposedly the #1 goal, yet they've gone completely off the deepend with variance its so far from classic its not even funny

[fullmetalcoxman]

No one is expecting 1999 again, but the goal of this server is to get as close as possible isn't it?

They had a decent compromise that would make the server more classic and it was tossed out of bed like yesterday's one night stand. For no particular reason as far as I can see. Everyone seems to think repops are a good idea, but they were shelved after three or four of them.

[Sarius]

I'm curious, Sirken, what would your method be for taking 3 Traks a month with your 20-30 people total guild? That's quite a boastful claim...