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Freelance Ramblings / Re: Where is the honestly anymore

« on: February 06, 2011, 11:56:21 PM »

Huevos, excuse my ignorance on the matter, but I was never looking at the top dkp people.

I was sorting by selecting "Standings" and then filter by selecting "Last Raid" so that 2/5/2011 was at the top.

When I look at raiders from 2/5/2011, and view their current pts. I see over 24 raiders with 100+ pts.

I'm not sure how a new person can expect to outbid for armor over these folks, with prices reaching 50, 70+ pts. per item. The only choice I see, is raid for at least two weeks and save points.

Also, the loot that I did see being random the other night was purely augs. Even the shards themselves were going for dkp.

I'm not saying my only interest is loot. Hell, I lose random rolls just like the next person.

But,

Gone are the days, that a new comer can join a pickup raid, and win a shiny new toy.

I remember back in the day, hearing the excitement from a new player who just won an uber item from a lucky roll on their first raid. Their first response is always, "I never win anything!!" and it just makes their day.

I was really hoping for a freelance raid that might give people this opportunity. And, I become really excited when I heard the call for the pickup raid in POK. I wish I could feel that excitement again.

Thank you for listening.

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Freelance Ramblings / Re: Where is the honestly anymore

« on: February 06, 2011, 01:00:06 PM »

Yes, I viewed item history page, I see that decent gear values near 50+pts. Next, when I view standing by last raid, I see the average raiders have around 100 + pts. Of course, the worst part is, I received 7pt for raiding 1 night.

I guess new raiders will need to raid for at least 8 days to collect enough DKP to have a shot at the 50pt gear.

Unfortunately, there are plenty of raiders with 300+ pts saved. So, it would seem that any new raider will need to be OK with the hand-me-downs, the core group does not want.

I was hoping for a freelance raid to honestly give me the opportunity to have a fair share at loot like anyone else. However, it seems that I will still need to raid 7 days a week, just to keep up.

Also note, I see you have plans to clear dkp for inactive raiders, what are your thoughts on this?

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Freelance Ramblings / Where is the honestly anymore

« on: February 05, 2011, 12:56:12 PM »

2/4 in the evening was my first day back to EQ in quite some time.

I was hanging around PoK when I hear shouts for a random pickup raid (not guild sponsored mind you). I replied, "sure, why not" and I was invited to the raid.

We all rush to our destination and begin preparations to start pulling mobs. However, just as we're starting to pull mobs, the Raid leader says that we each need to go over loot rules and DKP on their website.....

I'm not sure how I am suppose to read this website, plus deal with the raid instructions at the same time.

When you see the listing for yesterdays raid, you'll notice all the names on there have high amounts of DKP saved up, so it is near impossible for a new person they pickup in POK, to win anything in their first 2 weeks.

A pickup raid should be fair to those who can't raid with your main core every day. Random loot to those who need has always been the fair way to do things.

When I look at your DKP listing now, I still do not see my name on the list. Am I to guess that is because I have not raiding with this group long enough to deserve points?