Special Exception - Shadow Mantle Priority

[Spunkymage]

I nuked several of the posts in this thread. If you can't make a point without directly or indirectly attacking another person, please don't bother posting at all.

Thank you Sykes.

[Radav]

Hi everyone. I know I know... didn't you leave is what you're all thinking. Yes I did leave the game but I do still like to keep an eye on something I had a pretty significant hand in creating.

I was made aware by a member of the LS that this proposal would be made and I just wanted let my opinion of the situation be known. In the hopes that as a respected member of the community I used to be involved in maybe some people who have issue with something like this being done can better understand why it's being proposed in the first place.

Frankly, I can't see why the first Shadow Mantle that drops doesn't go directly to him no questions, arguments, whining, etc. etc. etc. No one should have a problem with this. You say oh well I understand how hard it is to LEAD a group like this. You probably think in the back of your head you do just as much as a leader by just showing up. Well I hate to say it but, YOU DON'T! The amount of time that goes into effectively trying to keep 70+ different personalities all in check, organize the runs, keep track of the gil going in and out, deal with all the currency, and then actually participate takes up so many hours I can't even believe I did it for so long or that it's possibly for anyone else to do so.

Yes there are people who help and they relieve some of that but ultimately as the leader you spend alot of time just doing random crappy tasks that need to get done. I know for a fact Teorem is doing the majority of what's needed. Really the fact he's leading now shouldn't factor into the equation.

To me this is a simple show of respect for someone who has done NOTHING but been the perfect LS member. Impeccable attendance, he's now leading the LS, he's ALWAYS been a major strength to the LS, and is a well respected member of the phoenix server community. How anyone could possibly begin to object to this is unfathomable. The fact it wasn't put into effect sooner is laughable and anyone who disagrees should be ashamed. It really shouldn't matter what job he plays. If he were bard only he would deserve it more then any PLD in the group hands down.

There are Japanese linkshells who give the FIRST drop like this to the leader of their group no matter what the job as a show of respect for all the hard work put into getting something like this done. I think they've definitely got the right idea.

I hope you are all doing well.

-Radav

[Izzy]

There are Japanese linkshells who give the FIRST drop like this to the leader of their group no matter what the job as a show of respect for all the hard work put into getting something like this done. I think they've definitely got the right idea.

Didn't the guys that came up to you at work tell you this? Still remember that story by the way lol.

[Radav]

Yes as a matter of fact it was them when we were swapping stories about stuff we had done in the game they mentioned that. I also remember hearing of japanese LSs on our own server doing things similar to this in HNM LSs.

[Leylana]

While we're at it, Izzy has a lot of runs, almost -always- does alliances and other leader stuff, and has yet to get his ring, why not give him some kind of alternating priority on that as well