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I have no problem you came here and QUOTED my post to argue against my points, I replied.

The fact you have let ME trigger YOU is a problem YOU have.

You just need to use a lower level pet than the BOT mage. The mob will aggro your pet over theirs, use a lvl 1 pet and sit, you get aggro every time.

that's because no one plays there because no one wants FTE. FTE = DOA.

Yep, no one plays on a server that maintains a high server population, it is just krono sellers who are just trading krono between themselves.

Oakwynd was not DOA by a long shot...

Oakwynd did not begin to die off until the tradeskill depot exploit and the Legacy AA fiasco.

YOU do not want FTE...

I DO....so your statement of NO ONE is false.

and I am far from the only person in EQ that has really liked the environment that FTE creates.

People like you make me hope they put FTE across all servers....lol

2 profitable servers:

A) Mischief Clone: Free Trade+Random Loot.
B) Rerolling Agnarr Clone: Does Classic->PoP, merges into agnarr, & starts all over

FTE was about constant training and the CS headaches that causes.

You have an FTE server, we wouldn’t want to draw people away from a popular server by repeating gimmicks… wasn’t that what everyone kept say about mischief rules….

Seriously though I hope they don’t do FTE this year, I don’t want to skip the anni-server but I have no intention of playing on an FTE server either.

The FTE rule changes are similar to to adding picks, AoC, and true box to the older servers in that it appears to be designed to deal with issues on TLP servers so I would expect it to get carried on to newer TLP servers just like those did.

The rules on Mischief/Thronblade however appear to be created to enable a free trade server which has been requested in the past instead of dealing with problems on the TLP servers.

You said all this last year, your posts in favor of FTE and Oakwynd are your opinion but they don’t change mine. FTE is on Oakwynd, I hope it stays there.

Unfortunately, I suspect FTE is here to stay and will be on future TLPs.
People who use random-spawn Hill Giants at Rathe as a measure of FTE Success are missing out on the issue of item camps by scripted bots, but that is their choice.

Shalom, the level 1 pet trick doesnt work on well scripted bots like at CoS camp - they engage way way faster and it is a coin toss really (but still better than current level pet, I agree)

Curious - you stated you played on Fippy (so 2011ish?) and are back for Oakwynd. How would you know about the TLPs from Ragefire till the one before Oakwynd? Genuine query.

I have stayed on the Forums, I have many friends that play on many servers, I have talked to many people on Oakwynd who tend to play on every TLP at least to Luclin. While it is not complete FIRST HAND KNOWLEDGE.

IT is by far the most drama free server I have ever played on, and that seems to be a very popular opinion on Oakwynd.

People say they are upset about armies camping a spawn, Hmmm were they there before you? Sounds like they had the camp....There are no camps? okay then what is the issue? The issue is FTE stops someone from demanding someone else give up a camp to them or they will steal the mob.

Someone else mention zones like Rathe Mountains, yes it was nice for a level appropriate Druid to be able to go to Rathe and get mobs to kill and not have max level characters take it so they can monopolize the plat droppers...Or Seafury Cyclops in Ocean of Tears and the AC...IT also was handy after camping the spawn for Hadden to get an EB item as that was also under constant camp being monopolized by one person for over 2 months, I was there when they showed up for a due spawn they told me it was theirs, we raced I won....I got first aggro. I got kill, I got my earring. I was there first, but still had to race for aggro.

FTE WORKS...there are a couple of negatives to it, but the positives FAR out weigh the negatives.

Edit to add...I have played EQ since 1999, I was on Combine, I was on Mangler, I was on Fippy. I played around on Aradune for a week but the drama made me remember why I had stopped years earlier. FTE brought me back to the game.

This is your opinion and what YOU and others on that server enjoy.... However in my experience games with FTE like WOW are just as toxic as the behavior complained about by proponents of FTE.

I personally enjoyed the danger of having someone's bad pull come try and kill us in a dungeon, I enjoyed dps racing not to steal someone's camp but to defend my own or just being competitive for a raid mob. I think FTE changes the dynamic of EQ in a way that makes it not the same game I loved to play.. Usually if i don't care for a server ruleset I'm at least tempted to play there to try it out, this time around I didn't even bother to try it because I know how much I hated it in wow.

If they do plan to put FTE on every TLP going forward they will have at last managed to cure 1 former EQaholic of his addiction as I won't ever play on a FTE server and I only play TLP anymore. This of course is all subjective and more power to those that are having fun. Party on!

I'm hoping for FTE. Oakwynd was the least toxic TLP I ever played on (up to Velious). I'd love a Mischief 2.0 + Oakwynd progressive bonuses.

I do feel like it forces more 'team play versus some neckbeard rolling up with 4 mages and a druid and just taking what they want.

Either make the servers FTE or enforce PnP because its obvious some folks can't help being that guy.

Oakwynd has been anything but Toxic...The economy is simply not going to recover.

krono on a server less than a year old is 1M.

krono on Agnarr is selling today for 61k in bazaar.

That is why Oakwynd will not succeed long term.

And you actually do not need to defend your camp with FTE...Every now and again someone will challenge a contested spawn where you have been keeping the PH cleared but it is rare and when it happens you just have to get aggro faster.

If this is the case, I will NEVER play on a new TLP server, FTE is one step too far away from the orignal game for me. Other than 1 idiot on AB, I have never had an issue with anyone trying to steal mobs I'm killing, never had an issue on TLPs.

IF if it is ever put on live that is me done with EQ.

I will not play on a server with FTE, ever!

So you have only been ks'd one time in all your years of EQ?

how many times have you ks'd someone because if that answer is never....not sure why FTE would matter to you at all....lol

Issue with not combining short expansions is it kills servers.
DoN and PoR and LDON most certainly need combined with the expansion previous to it.