MongoJerry,Apr 14 2006, 12:46 PM Wrote:The Core has solved this problem by basically eliminating MC altogether, unless some night happens where the lag in AQ40 is too bad to bother, and by getting more efficient with our BWL runs. There's enough loot dropping in BWL and AQ40 that we can skip the MC middleman. Someone new to the guild can just come along and pick up any loot that we would d/e anyway. Plus, those who want to raid more often or equip their alts can come on the optional AQ20 and ZG raids and get loot that's equal to or better than MC loot without burning out the guildmembers who don't want to raid as often.
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How big is The Core? If your raid draws from a stable pool of around 60 people, then you can finish old content before burnout occurs. Casual-friendly raid guilds require more people to fill raids. This stretches the time to finish MC, creates burnout in the early 'hardcore' raiders, and results in turnover for the guild. If this process loops back fast enough, you get endless MC.
As for gear disparity, while Offense has outscaled Defense and that's bad, it's pretty stupid that Tier 2 or better equipped people are PvP'ing against 'green' 60s. Gear is supposed to be how you 'level' after 60. Blizzard doesn't put level 39s into a BG with 49s, so why are they doing it to 60s? My cynical, blackened heart thinks that it's to motivate people to get on the rat-race raiding treadmill. Getting smashed is the stick, and one-shotting someone is the carrot. Keep pushing on that feeder bar or else.
It's also possible that this came about through simple down-priority by Blizzard. They have something in mind to fix it, but Naxx is more important to them. Personally, though, I'll stick with the cynical view. Thinking about Blizzard choosing to prioritize 40-man over 5-man or balanced PvP makes me angry enough to go all ninja on Irvine. :shuriken: