Mikaela wrote:
>
> From: "Mikaela" <mikaela1@...>
>
><snip much info about first to camp has right of way>
>
> The only fair way IMO is first there stays there, regardless of level, then
> whomever was next gets it next, and so on and so on. Get in line and take a
> number. No one group of players should be favored over another.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I completely agree. Unfortunately, your way favors the first group over
all others. The only BALANCED way to work a camped area is to rotate.
Sure, rare drops on rare spawns means that one group may get lucky and
get that prized Rubicite Breastplate before the group that has been
there the longest, but then, they may not. That's called randomness. To
prevent favoritism, rotating the kills is, imho, the only balanced
method. Your path gives everything to the first group to get there.
Hardly fair. Especially if there is more than one mob spawning at a
site.
>
> To do it Brad's way, would mean that any player that didn't get an item
> while he/she was
> able to get exp from that particular mob could basically never get that item
> cause they could be
> thrown out of the camp spot everytime lower levels came along. This is
> totally not fair.
I also agree with this. I don't think it is fair to kick higher levels
out just because they are higher level. However, if they are preventing
the fair distribution of action at a site, then I believe they should
voluntarily offer to share the site, not leave it. If they continue to
monopolize the site, then I think that a request to leave is not
unwarranted, even if it means they will have to come back to try for
that prized item. They'd have precious little to complain about if they
shared, rather than monopolized, the camped site.
>
> Mik (who abhors discrimination or favoritism in any way, shape or form)
(but who then advocates a method that is just as favoring and
discriminating as Brad's)
<snipped orig message about higher levels yielding to lower levels just
so lower levels can get xp>
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