FTE is for nerds

[oleafz]

Fte is actually such a boring concept. Are we not champions of Norrath. Fte is puts me to sleep. My siggestion: each party involved brings forth a champion to duel to the death. This will decide who claims the loot. It should be a gladiators prize. Not a lame ass logistical race to a mob. Let's put some chest on the hair of this limp dick fte system.

[Trexller]

there isn't any challenge in the raids anymore, so the challenge is just between 2 players?

why not just show up once a week for a GM to /random 1 2 then grats looters cya next week cuz your idea is a coin toss

[druidbob]

/gems. Top score gets to kill the dragon.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

FTE is a meta-game solution to a game design flaw.

In eq2 contested mobs was a FTM situation -- first to manage. Wipes were common. Through the first 5 years or so of eq2, you could dominate a server simply because you could manage the contested fights.

In my last 2 guilds in eq2 we would often let any guild that wanted to try, to try while we watched and gave them a shot. Never lost a mob. You had to know all the details of the fight and how to execute. One mess up can be a wipe.

In eq1 as p99 has reconstructed it, we still have the original flaw of the game: the content is easy until much later expansions.

When content is hard? You can do contested.
When content is easy?

Earthquakes and FTE is one solution. Rotations and mob tiers were another. If you do FTB (first to burn) you end up with SK armies taking down Venril Sather in .05 seconds.

p99 does not rule out sk armies or any other raid tricks that really should count as meta-gaming. FTE is meta-gaming. But so are Earthquakes.

I think voice chat is meta-gaming so ignore me.

[zelld52]

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

I think voice chat is meta-gaming so ignore me.

Agree 100% on this. Why do I have to be in comms for a raid when the raid was created and mastered back when guild chat were the primary forms of communication.

Didn’t start using Ventrilo until WoW.

[Trexller]

Originally Posted by zelld52 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Agree 100% on this. Why do I have to be in comms for a raid when the raid was created and mastered back when guild chat were the primary forms of communication.

nerds like to cosplay as tactical keyboard warriors with a headset on talkin like they coordinating high speed special operators

beta shot caller shit cuz they divorced and AI dun took they job

[Sirban]

Try red lol. No FTE here! Every dragon is paid for in blood and a crippling corpse run

[Duik]

≈30 peeps on red right?

It takes how many to kill a dragon? 10, 15? So 2 or 3 dragons are down concurrently. Give or take.

Raid mob count would be what, 30? More?
So 27 "dragons" are up at any time.

So saying every dragon is up wouldnt be wronger than saying every dragon is payed for in blood.. blah blah.

Glad we cleared that up.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

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

nerds like to cosplay as tactical keyboard warriors with a headset on talkin like they coordinating high speed special operators

beta shot caller shit cuz they divorced and AI dun took they job

I just lol'd at a RnF post.

Bless you MAGA man. May your guy die in a fire.

[Trexller]

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

I just lol'd at a RnF post.

Bless you MAGA man. May your guy die in a fire.

which guy? someone has to get sacrificed to the sun god sooner or later