Corvena@Venekor wrote:people have been raiding just fine through T5, T6, T7 (with T5/6 pre-pvp, still people have raided that after kosrelease) with a split class set, why do you suddenly want rangers running around freeport?
i think it ruins the immersion and idea of war between good and evil to have all classes on both sides
are you wanting this because you cant succesfully raid T8?
or
because of a lack of population (exile having their own sacred blue-server)?
People in factions can raid successfully in T5-T7. With T8 toons and T8 gear. As far as ruining immersion, what does? Paladins fighting Paladins? Because here's a little picture for ya: it already happens when exiles fight good classes. And Shadowknights fighting Necros when exiles fight against evil characters. It already happens. And if exiles stroll into a city, it'll be Rangers fighting Templars. So how does the immersion sit then?
I don't raid. I don't ever plan on doing so. I know plenty of people who do, however. And if the ability to mix & match were given to cities like it is to exiles, some of those raiders may come back. Leave Haven alone, so that those who want to stay can stay, but open it up so that factions can hope to regain some players. Those players willing to let the servers continue to slowly asphyxiate themselves rather than change things due to an already broken 'lore' seem more than willing to cut off their noses to spite their faces. To look around and say things are fine than to change and hope for the game to grow, I have to wonder. What tier are you in? The end-game one? The one that is suppossed to be the one you strive for? Because that's where it becomes severely unbalanced.
And unfortunately, I concur with the "they don't care" crowd. This is a wish list, and hope only goes so far. So I'm done with this thread.