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Freelance Ramblings / Re: Congrats guys and gals!!
« on: February 08, 2008, 07:01:50 PM »
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Freelance Ramblings / Re: What you should do on raid(Please Read)
« on: January 05, 2008, 08:30:05 AM »
That seems like a good set of rules to follow. I only have an issue with part 4. Unless you're the last solid tank standing my time is better spent keeping the current MT alive along with my group as opposed to buffing a freshly rezzed tank. If we're in need of a new MT that badly the chances are good that I just plain don't have the time or mana to battle buff you anyway. It's more of a time issue than a mana issue for me in most fights. That's my opinion from my limited druid point of view. And if you're not a tank don't send me a tell during a battle for any buffs or I'll start cussing like Korlayne. 
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Freelance Ramblings / Re: A question about DP flag drops
« on: January 06, 2008, 03:36:59 AM »
Thanks for that info. I stand corrected on that. I still however stand by my original idea. At least until we're able to get a few of the encounters done with a high success rate. Keeping enough fully flagged people around is going to be tough I think. It's possible that once word spreads we're doing DP we could get a lot of higher end people coming to help who want last bloods or 2.5 drops. So that may help our numbers.
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Freelance Ramblings / Re: A question about DP flag drops
« on: January 05, 2008, 04:40:29 PM »
Right. I've read about all that stuff. It's a lot of work to get flagged the standard way. What I'm concerned about are the flag drops within DP. Similar to the lootable CoA flags that drop off every boss in CoA.
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Freelance Ramblings / A question about DP flag drops
« on: January 05, 2008, 09:04:15 AM »
Disclaimer: My knowledge on DP is rather limited (noobish) so the impressions I've gotten about this zone and it's flags could be way off base. If so please correct me.
What are the plans FL has as far as DP flag drops? What I mean is how will they be awarded/handed out? My assumption would be /ran 1k as that's been Furro's policy on everything thus far. I suggest a change in policy for these. To my knowledge there are 2 flag drops in DP 1 of which will be far out of reach for us at the time we begin raiding here (correct me if i'm wrong). So to me that sounds like we may get 1 per raid if we're lucky.
Call me crazy but I think doing Sendaii every weekend to keep freelance in DP is a huge waste of time. That event takes all night it seems and so far FL is shooting about 15%-20% on that event. If it were fun it might be acceptable.
CoA flags are easy. There's 4 per raid and something really went wrong if we didnt get all 4 to drop. We never had to even think about doing MPG trials again once we got in CoA. Even to this day as far as I can see most of those 4 flags are being looted by someone. That means we have a huge turnover of people and alts rolling through freelance.
Lets not waste DP flags on players who don't show up to raids frequently. That would be a tremendous waste of our time. Sure we'll still need to keep doing blood raids anyway I have a feeling but we can at least keep them to a minimum. The time investment vs. the reward on those is really bad. You could do 3 random raids in TSS/PoR/DoD or clear CoA in the time it takes to do Sendaii practically. Or just have the night off to do other things.
Is DP like CoA in the fact that you cannot loot anything else till you have that flag? If so that really blows because people who arent flagged wouldn't have much incentive to go to DP then if what i'm suggesting is applied. Unless they show up more often than not.
I'm not saying all this out of some self serving reasoning. Not directly at least. IE I plan on being flagged through blood raids prior. I just don't want to see FL trapped in the early stages of DP because of flagging issues. I'm not against anyone or the idea of open/casual raiding. I know the /ran 1k rule is what brings in a lot of people and FL wouldn't have made it this far with some complex loot system. I just think this is one of those rare situations that sticking to the /ran 1k everything rule will really burn us and not help FL at all.
What are the plans FL has as far as DP flag drops? What I mean is how will they be awarded/handed out? My assumption would be /ran 1k as that's been Furro's policy on everything thus far. I suggest a change in policy for these. To my knowledge there are 2 flag drops in DP 1 of which will be far out of reach for us at the time we begin raiding here (correct me if i'm wrong). So to me that sounds like we may get 1 per raid if we're lucky.
Call me crazy but I think doing Sendaii every weekend to keep freelance in DP is a huge waste of time. That event takes all night it seems and so far FL is shooting about 15%-20% on that event. If it were fun it might be acceptable.
CoA flags are easy. There's 4 per raid and something really went wrong if we didnt get all 4 to drop. We never had to even think about doing MPG trials again once we got in CoA. Even to this day as far as I can see most of those 4 flags are being looted by someone. That means we have a huge turnover of people and alts rolling through freelance.
Lets not waste DP flags on players who don't show up to raids frequently. That would be a tremendous waste of our time. Sure we'll still need to keep doing blood raids anyway I have a feeling but we can at least keep them to a minimum. The time investment vs. the reward on those is really bad. You could do 3 random raids in TSS/PoR/DoD or clear CoA in the time it takes to do Sendaii practically. Or just have the night off to do other things.
Is DP like CoA in the fact that you cannot loot anything else till you have that flag? If so that really blows because people who arent flagged wouldn't have much incentive to go to DP then if what i'm suggesting is applied. Unless they show up more often than not.
I'm not saying all this out of some self serving reasoning. Not directly at least. IE I plan on being flagged through blood raids prior. I just don't want to see FL trapped in the early stages of DP because of flagging issues. I'm not against anyone or the idea of open/casual raiding. I know the /ran 1k rule is what brings in a lot of people and FL wouldn't have made it this far with some complex loot system. I just think this is one of those rare situations that sticking to the /ran 1k everything rule will really burn us and not help FL at all.
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Freelance Ramblings / Re: Yet another slideshow
« on: December 18, 2007, 06:26:11 PM »
I miss you too. But don't worry I'll be back. My EQ addiction is like the herpes Ghengiss gave me. It can be painful and I can make it go away for short amounts of time but it will never be fully cured. But that's okay since both are the result of lots of fun!
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Freelance Ramblings / Yet another slideshow
« on: December 16, 2007, 08:37:01 AM »
I got really bored today so I made another slideshow from my remaining screenshots. Download it here:
http://www.eqfreelance.net/Breniar/Breniar%20EQslideshow%20Part%203.exe
Just double click the file when downloaded. It takes 10-15 seconds to load up and start. Maximize the window then click the full screen button. This one is accompanied by a musical masterpiece most of you will know. Enjoy!
Check out this thread: http://eqfreelance.net/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1187526696 for my other slideshows and info.
http://www.eqfreelance.net/Breniar/Breniar%20EQslideshow%20Part%203.exe
Just double click the file when downloaded. It takes 10-15 seconds to load up and start. Maximize the window then click the full screen button. This one is accompanied by a musical masterpiece most of you will know. Enjoy!
Check out this thread: http://eqfreelance.net/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1187526696 for my other slideshows and info.
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Freelance Ramblings / Re: West Bug Workaround
« on: November 07, 2007, 01:54:25 PM »
Very nice. I'll see if this works. The west bug for me doesn't happen a lot so i'll have to use this for a few weeks to be sure.
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Freelance Ramblings / Re: Warrior Epic 2.0
« on: October 03, 2007, 10:16:39 PM »
I think maybe you didnt fully read or understand the previous posts is all. Noone is talking about stealing items.
In a perfect world your ideas are fair but in reality they'll be abused heavily. If some bazaar geared cleric alt shows up to his bi-monthly raid with us and is awarded a CoA earring because he gets the biggest upgrade from it I would disband on the spot and never return and so would half the raid. People would be wearing their crap gear to raids in hopes of a greater chance of winning loot. Not to mention that the 'best' upgrade is purely an opinion most of the time.
Take my character as an example. I'm a druid. Which when weighed against other classes pound for pound, assuming the person at the keyboard is competant at their class, is probably if not definatly the worst and least desired class on a raid. The class just doesnt allow me to be the best at anything. Any raid leader would want his clerics to have the highest mana possible. If a loot drops that gives me a 60 mana boost and a cleric a 45 mana boost the cleric should get the loot in a NBG system since he will make better use of it. The same could be said about cleric armor and tank armor since a lot of those pieces are worn by both. See where i'm going with this?
If Furro installed a NBG loot system i'd lay money down that Freelance would dissolve into nothing within a month.
IMO the DKP system is the closest thing to fair you can get. That being not practical for an open raid group the /ran 1k is second best.
I hope this makes some sense and doesnt make me sound like an ass at the same time.
Another thing to remember is that for some of those people who've been raiding with FL for a while there are no BIG upgrades for them that are dropping. Not to mention those who won't see ANY upgrades from CoA and continue to help out but thats beside the point. I personally dont feel bad at all for looting an item that is probably a small upgrade in comparison to what some other people would get. I show up to almost all of these raids and those people don't. If they did they wouldnt be so poorly geared. That core of people who show up to most of these raids is what allows Freelance to exist and be consistant. Asking them to roll less on loot is ludicrous.
In a perfect world your ideas are fair but in reality they'll be abused heavily. If some bazaar geared cleric alt shows up to his bi-monthly raid with us and is awarded a CoA earring because he gets the biggest upgrade from it I would disband on the spot and never return and so would half the raid. People would be wearing their crap gear to raids in hopes of a greater chance of winning loot. Not to mention that the 'best' upgrade is purely an opinion most of the time.
Take my character as an example. I'm a druid. Which when weighed against other classes pound for pound, assuming the person at the keyboard is competant at their class, is probably if not definatly the worst and least desired class on a raid. The class just doesnt allow me to be the best at anything. Any raid leader would want his clerics to have the highest mana possible. If a loot drops that gives me a 60 mana boost and a cleric a 45 mana boost the cleric should get the loot in a NBG system since he will make better use of it. The same could be said about cleric armor and tank armor since a lot of those pieces are worn by both. See where i'm going with this?
If Furro installed a NBG loot system i'd lay money down that Freelance would dissolve into nothing within a month.
IMO the DKP system is the closest thing to fair you can get. That being not practical for an open raid group the /ran 1k is second best.
I hope this makes some sense and doesnt make me sound like an ass at the same time.
Another thing to remember is that for some of those people who've been raiding with FL for a while there are no BIG upgrades for them that are dropping. Not to mention those who won't see ANY upgrades from CoA and continue to help out but thats beside the point. I personally dont feel bad at all for looting an item that is probably a small upgrade in comparison to what some other people would get. I show up to almost all of these raids and those people don't. If they did they wouldnt be so poorly geared. That core of people who show up to most of these raids is what allows Freelance to exist and be consistant. Asking them to roll less on loot is ludicrous.
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Freelance Ramblings / Re: Warrior Epic 2.0
« on: September 28, 2007, 05:14:59 PM »
I understand the OP's frustration but I have to agree with the responses. I've been there myself with certain items. The problem is if you start selectivly rewarding loot a lot of factors come into play. What if player A only needs the orb to finish his 2.0 but only shows up for CoA raids and skips everything else we do? Then there's player B who show's up for every Freelance raid we do and also wants the 2.0 orb but isnt at the end of his quest? Player B wins hands down IMO but thats bound to cause drama no matter who wins. Players could also bring up points on who gets a better upgrade from loot that drops. What about the people who loot and scoot (Which happens all the time from repeat offenders) should they be considered for loot? I wish they'd be banned like plooters are but it's in the teams best interest to just leave things as they are. It's just opening a can of worms that would be bad.
One big reason I love doing FL raids is the lack of drama we have. This is largely due to the loot rules FL has and the leaders commitment to sticking with them.
The real answer to your problem is just keep doing CoA with us. FL will not be leaving there for a long time and there's really not a lot of people rolling on the orbs. I usually see maybe 10 or so at most. If you need your 2.0 chances are good that you need a lot of loot from CoA. Try to win some of that loot also. Pre-grats on your 2.0 anyway. Stay with FL and you'll finish it is the bottom line.
One big reason I love doing FL raids is the lack of drama we have. This is largely due to the loot rules FL has and the leaders commitment to sticking with them.
The real answer to your problem is just keep doing CoA with us. FL will not be leaving there for a long time and there's really not a lot of people rolling on the orbs. I usually see maybe 10 or so at most. If you need your 2.0 chances are good that you need a lot of loot from CoA. Try to win some of that loot also. Pre-grats on your 2.0 anyway. Stay with FL and you'll finish it is the bottom line.
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Freelance Ramblings / Re: My EQ Screenshot Slideshows
« on: August 29, 2007, 11:36:29 AM »
I think the number of pics of Kronm tanking raid mobs speaks for itself. He's reached a level of tanking few will experience. That doesnt mean I can't poke some fun at him for being a slimy bastid though.
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Freelance Ramblings / Re: My EQ Screenshot Slideshows
« on: August 26, 2007, 03:57:46 PM »
You placed it pretty accuratly. Its a song called Battle Hymn by Manowar.
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Freelance Ramblings / Re: My EQ Screenshot Slideshows
« on: August 21, 2007, 04:18:58 PM »
Excellent. Thanks Furro. I'm going to edit the original post to show these links.
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Freelance Ramblings / Re: My EQ Screenshot Slideshows
« on: August 21, 2007, 01:05:09 AM »
How can I get links to these from here now? Seems like my other links arent working anymore and I'd like to get these back up.
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Freelance Ramblings / Re: My EQ Screenshot Slideshows
« on: August 20, 2007, 02:59:52 AM »
I'll probably take you up on that offer Furro. It's been so long since i've used ftp though that i forget what to do.
EDIT: Figured it out. Uploading now. Tossing in a few of the better pics as .bmp images too.
EDIT: Figured it out. Uploading now. Tossing in a few of the better pics as .bmp images too.