Camping Raid Mobs... gone on long enough ?!

[Pyrocat]

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

y it for a week and see what happens. Maybe people will stick to their highest camping toon just to keep face for a week, but extend it for a month and see. Or try to see which people who have exemptions are camping mobs for 8-20hours.

Let me let you in on a little secret. People AFK camp raid mobs. They go and watch movies, socialize, play other games, and generally not play Everquest while they camp raid mobs. They aren't 2boxing and sitting with another computer selling shit in EC or leveling alts, at least, no one from my guild is that I'm aware of. The trick is being able to get back to your computer as soon as the mob spawns so you can respond to a roll call or buff up and kill the mob before the timer is up and the competition moves in.

[Branaddar]

Yeah, remove IP exemptions to potentially have a few less people camping raid mobs but making all the husband/wife, brother/sister, etc players quit.

Sounds good!

[Taxi]

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

Let me let you in on a little secret. People AFK camp raid mobs. They go and watch movies, socialize, play other games, and generally not play Everquest while they camp raid mobs. They aren't 2boxing and sitting with another computer selling shit in EC or leveling alts, at least, no one from my guild is that I'm aware of. The trick is being able to get back to your computer as soon as the mob spawns so you can respond to a roll call or buff up and kill the mob before the timer is up and the competition moves in.

That still leaves the part where a guild with alot of people can put the best mobs on perma-lockdown. With the numbers of players on the server going up, i dont think the problem is going away.

I would still be curious to know the percentage of people doing raid camps with IP exemptions.

[nicemace]

i think you will find there is a lot less boxers than you believe.

when i camp, i just play poker.

i generally play poker for anywhere between 8 and 16 hours a day anyway, so I just camp on the side [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

gota earn a living somehow.

[smokiing]

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

normal players should have at least a chance of reliving the classic raid experience on this server

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

You better think twice about that.

What happens on this server is you reach level 50 and then you quit.

"a chance" hahahahahhahahahahahahahah roflmao lol

[Taluvill]

What many of you fail to realize, is that this is exactly like one guild monopolizing the content in live.

Did anyone get a shot at anything on veeshan with FoH in the mix? No. People just went and played the waiting game until FoH was ready to tackle the next expansion.

The sad truth of the reality is that if a rotation cannot be established, you will be stuck an expansion behind, or fighting for mobs with kunark in the fold and LOTS of mobs to tackle. Velious, just take the zone(prolly the dwarves) that the big guilds end up not taking.

[Taluvill]

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

Let me let you in on a little secret. People AFK camp raid mobs. They go and watch movies, socialize, play other games, and generally not play Everquest while they camp raid mobs. They aren't 2boxing and sitting with another computer selling shit in EC or leveling alts, at least, no one from my guild is that I'm aware of. The trick is being able to get back to your computer as soon as the mob spawns so you can respond to a roll call or buff up and kill the mob before the timer is up and the competition moves in.

Exactly. That nail on the head thing, Pyro hit it.

You get very, very good at playing starcraft 2 beta, or single player diablo. League of Legends is fun... Lots of cool single player games to play.

In the last month i've been hammering at d2 single player and Civ 4. Fun stuff.

[Loke]

Umm, we don't box. Our entire guild just happens to be roommates!

Seriously though - I just do homework or something while we camp mobs. I can do whatever as long as I'm back at my computer within a few minutes. It's not like I'm actively at my PC basking in the beautiful scenery that is PoFear.

The only people here that I think can bitch about camping are IB or DA, since we're the only ones it really affects. Even if camping wasn't occuring, IB or DA would still get 95% of the mobs - so then non-IB/DA people would just bitch about whatever tactic was being used then. Basically if you're not in IB or DA, you're not getting mobs, camping or no camping. You're basically all cranky because you're not willing to put in the effort that we are and want to be rewarded anyway.

[smokiing]

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

Umm, we don't box. Our entire guild just happens to be roommates!

Seriously though - I just do homework or something while we camp mobs. I can do whatever as long as I'm back at my computer within a few minutes. It's not like I'm actively at my PC basking in the beautiful scenery that is PoFear.

The only people here that I think can bitch about camping are IB or DA, since we're the only ones it really affects. Even if camping wasn't occuring, IB or DA would still get 95% of the mobs - so then non-IB/DA people would just bitch about whatever tactic was being used then. Basically if you're not in IB or DA, you're not getting mobs, camping or no camping. You're basically all cranky because you're not willing to put in the effort that we are and want to be rewarded anyway.

I love how you lvl 50s actually think youre doing any efforts.

You admit to having nothing else worthwhile to use your time on then sitting afk camping a raid boss. With only 4 bosses with 3-7 days respawn, I understand why people sink this low.

Sadly that has nothing to do with your efforts, its just exteremly poor game design, forcing people to ruin the game for everyone else.

Why do people even play a game where you have to sit afk for hours and do homework instead?

[Loke]

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

I love how you lvl 50s actually think youre doing any efforts.

You admit to having nothing else worthwhile to use your time on then sitting afk camping a raid boss. With only 4 bosses with 3-7 days respawn, I understand why people sink this low.

Sadly that has nothing to do with your efforts, its just exteremly poor game design, forcing people to ruin the game for everyone else.

Why do people even play a game where you have to sit afk for hours and do homework instead?

1) We are exerting effort. Regardless of how you feel about it, it does take a certain degree of effort to track, camp, and kill the mobs on this server. It is an effort that we in IB and DA are willing to exert, and the rest of the server is not. It doesn't take any large amount of skill or intelligence, but it IS an effort.

2) I love how random people like you make these wild assumptions about people you don't know. You make it sound like every L50 on this server is some sad pathetic power gamer.

3) you talk about how we are "ruining the game for everyone else" as if it is our duty to ensure that you have a good time on P99. I highly doubt you logged on this morning thinking "man, I'm going to go out of my way to make sure Loke enjoys himself today." Just as my enjoyment isn't your primary concern.. your's isn't mine either.

Basically this thread is just a bunch of people complaining about how they aren't being spoon fed the game, and instead have to compete with players who put in more time and effort. If you want a fair chance at every encounter - go check out instances in WoW.