Long post!
Hey, thanks a lot for this thread, Necrosis. You apologizing to me in tells
isn't entirely cutting it so I feel the need to post here. Thanks for that as
well. When I told you kicking you from the shell was one of the hardest
decisions I have made in this game, I was sincere. I'm sorry whatever
happened later made you, and that mithra, build up such anger that you
have to hassle the LS with QCDN posts.
However, in retrospective, I'm obviously very happy with the LS decision.
Of course I assume both of you suffer from the plague of being surrounded by Wank (asked someone
else to help you kill Fafnir as of late?).
Since late May 2006 Perseverance has camped about 250 HNM/Kings,
we have about 30 claims (not counting Behemoth and Admantoise,
but we only camp those on HQ nights). Most of that number comes from
Dragon's Aery since Fafnir > Behemoth/Admantoise. Most of you know this.
In total we have about 21 Fafhogg claims, and about 17 successful
kills. As every LS down there we have had some mishaps, CFH, claiming
in hyper etc. Yes, that's right, always a lot of excitement.
I personally have claimed 1 Nidhogg and 1 Fafnir (yeah, suspicious I know),
Deltoid has about 3 claims, Meikolia has about 3 claims, Chronicles has
about 5 claims, Landin has about 3 claims. Keep in mind these numbers are
from the total numbers of claims, including the mishaps. Counting the other
kings we have Landin and Deltoid as our leading claimers, not Chronicles.
Also, keep in mind Chronicles has the highest attendance rate of any
member of our LS at HNMs.
Landin definitely has the highest claim ratio in our LS vs. attendance in Aery. Yes, I know, this means he bots.
I’m not sure where he modded his PS2, but oh well.
So basically we have some that claim more than others. This is of course highly unusual, although the past
two days the same person has claimed in Aery (Wow!).
So, in 200 days we have had 22 claims, 10 %+ claim rate. Yeah, I know, we
don't camp 24/7, so let's say 100 days. Ok, claim rate is at a staggering
20 % with an average of 3 LS CCing us. Let's round up to 25 % for
good measure. Yeah I know, at this stage, we have almost a competitive
claim ratio.
At this stage you should realize that Chronicles overall claim ratio is much
lower than you are led to believe by some people here.
Furthermore, we haven't claimed Fafnir in almost a month. Yeah, I know, it's
ok to be called Kaizen, Integralis or some JPN LS and claim.
You still have an issue regarding botting? Fine. But don't even try to use
this as an accusation of having to cheat ourselves "to the top". Especially when you are in an LS with some of the most
notorious cheaters in game.
We have killed every wyrm out there, and with less King gear than anyone else.
I'm also going to bring a few of you out of their comfort zone to say that it actually can
be done to start at the bottom and kill anything out there.
Don’t even try to put Perseverance down by accusing ONE person to be a botter.
Our achievements have taken a lot of work over time, and we deserve it.
I dislike George W. Bush, but should I then flip Texas off for producing such a specimen?
Several people posting in this thread are ex-members that in one way or the other is holding a grudge against the LS.
I know it’s a life changing experience, but you guys will be fine. Trust me.
Also, I’m sorry Chronicles (well, you might start flaming Landin now I suppose) have claimed once or twice too many in Aery.
Additionally, I don’t see why NA based shells keep bashing each other time and time again. I can respect CK going up to Jormungand trying to master him,
and even Rise battling it out with Hydra.
I don’t think that is anything to laugh at, everyone started out the same way.
CK also beating Nidhogg on first try was great, and probably the only shell to have done so on our server. No doubt those long hours at Jormun helped.
You have to endure some tough fights, and some long nights to find out what works and what doesn’t. At the same time shells are being shaped, and it can be a tough process.
It's amusing to see threads like this trying, but not succeeding, to nullify everything you have done knowing how many people put so many dedicated hours into it.