Light Side 1 - Dark Side 0

[demishock]

Yes. Being on this particular server is a CHOICE. Based on personal preference. The people who are on this server are here because they want to be. For whatever reason, despite all of the things you seem to dislike about the server, you are still choosing to be here. Which is not to say that no one should ever complain about anything or suggest things to be improved, but there are civil, polite ways to go about that sort of thing that don't include talking smack about an entire allegiance and its players, telling people that the way they like to play isn't the "right" way, or accusing the GMs of bias (and so forth). The way you've been shooting down everyone that tries to disagree with you is rubbing me the wrong way, which is the only reason I'm responding to it at all. All I'm looking for is some clarification, because you seem to be negating your own points as you try to make them, and it's gotten really confusing. For example, you talk about the Light side being a bunch of "cherry pickers" and then say that Dark ends up using their PvM characters for ToH because it's easier, and that's the reason why we lose. Fact: if you're using your PvM characters because it's easier, you're being a "cherry picker" too! So how is that a valid argument against what the Light side is doing? I don't get it.

Anyway, getting back to your question... The GMs do what they can to accommodate folks in other time zones, but it's really not fair to expect them to disrupt their own lives to stay up until all odd hours of the day/night in their own time zones. The players in other time zones obviously like the server enough to stick around despite those sorts of complications, so, again, yes - personal preference. Farming for resources and hours of grinding - CHOICES. You've said yourself that those things require effort. If people don't want to put in the effort, that's their choice. It doesn't make them lesser players. It means they play differently.

As for me being an exception as far as the gears go - so that means I shouldn't have the gear that I like, because it's not the gear that you like? 'Fraid not. By all means, keep petitioning for a set of transparent wings for the Dark side. But I figure the reason we don't have one yet is probably because it's not as in-demand as other things that are taking up the GMs' time and attention.