Every so often when browsing for the Pot, we’ll come across a little gem of a post – not long, not a huge Righteous Orbs (RIP)-esque rant, but just a little piece that perfectly nails a point.
Fail PUG has done that with a quick look at why, exactly, raids are number-capped:
(Talking about RIFT) Twenty DPS, one healer (me) and no tanks? No problemo! Just add more DPS and zerg that bad-boy down! The thing is, it’s all rather fun. Keeping a rampaging mob of half-wits alive is way more challenging than healing that I-have-a-horrible-feeling-you-could-solo-this-place-and-are-just-bringing-us-along-to-be-kind tank you’ve played with for years. Which made me wonder … would it be so bad if raids were like this?
It’s a great poke at one of MMOs’ sacred cows – the idea that you have to have exactly 10, or 25, or 40 people, no more and no less (unless you out-gear the place) to go kill a big bad scary dude. Why, exactly? And isn’t that kind of a pain?
What do you think? Are raid caps vital or could we do without that particular piece of headwear?
Quote taken directly from Sven’s post on Fail PUG.
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