plk Posted:

No, I’m saying the proposed changes would result in a 37 scoop lead for raiders, which is not a big enough lead to justify a raid that takes 2 hours and will see some interruption over that period, even if it is unintentional.

Oh, sorry I misunderstood. I agree with that. Raiding would still be worth it for those who only care about one character, but it would be much more like gambling for anti-freeze – a perk/safety net for the very dedicated.

Well, I don’t care if you raid, but I thought your whole point was that it’s ever so much more honorable to play “solo”.

Yes, I know that what everyone decided. No one has ever bothered to listen when I say I have nothing against raiders. I do have a problem with raiders or anyone considered to be at the top of the game not taking a certain responsibility for pointing out when a huge problem exists. I know not everyone feels that way, that it should all be left to the designers, but the designers do not play competitively day to day. There can be a serious gap between how things go in testing and how they function in a active play environment. Everyone took interruption as a huge protest when in reality it was looking to see if there was a viable alternative to klan raiding, the answer is no, because interruption is just the mirror image of the alt war and is still a matter of who can purchase the most alts.

I do have a problem with a mechanic that allows people who can afford it to gain virtually unlimited scoops. Right now I could make 30 more alts, if I did and used all 840 visits each week to get me scoops how would it prove anything except that I could afford a lot of alts and have way too much free time? I’m pretty sure it would guarantee a medal sweep every week without me bothering to do any actual playing. That is buying the medals not competing for them.

Which, I don’t buy is really solo or honorable when what you’re trying to do is stuff the upper brackets with alts, which again, is just about as effective as raiding. In some cases, it is more effective than raiding, and still uses alts. But you seem to be fine with that particular use of alts.

No I’m not fine with it, and haven’t been since it first started happening. If you look back through the Dom forums you can see several posts talking about it as a problem. I have been protesting it for months. I haven’t even been bothering to play half my characters this season because I don’t know how to prevent them from ending up in the same brackets and I’m just sick of it all.