Beib:
a) yes, the day was yours yesterday. You beat us more than we beat you.
b) yes, I jump in fights all the time now. I have had hit happen so much that I do it now to every alb guild *and* release. I made this vow b4 KoS left the server when TK did it multiple times in a day. I deemed then that you were nothing more than an RP whore, and other than deleted, that leaves no other guilds that have it. I certainly don't -- not anymore.
c) the fight in the gorge -- we were on our way to emain and hibs were losing. I put up end song and sat down. I found dead frec and cried at him then sat down again. Noticed you and you released b4 i could hug u.

The funny thing was that Gannd got two tells immediately:
hib1 sends, "Thought Free RP's didn't jump in fights?"
hib2 sends, "Thanks! We were down to 4."
Heh.
d) It takes 15 minutes to run to emain. This does not include time to port over from domnann, get stuff from vault, buff and relogs. This does include stopping at bolg to rebuff. It also does not include ppl who fall off AF (long run) or LD on the way -- which on a day like yesterday happened every freaking run. When you have to make that long run and you have bad luck (the falling off of af and ld) you grow quite frustrated. Often, ppl will go afk b/c the run takes so long. Then we get ganked at the foot of one of our keeps heh.
Not a whine. I realize it's 8 min port + all the same things, but I'd take the port over the run. Plus, you have buffbot at pk. If someone dies, we have to run all the way back to ligen for buffs, or otherwise run from ligen to bolg or crim without buffs and place one there. Usually, our most dangerous fights are the ones b4 emain so that isn't an option.
As I've said now 400x, I don't think you wait at pk for ra's to come up. I just don't think you venture very far from help when your ra's aren't up. Yesterday you proved otherwise, sort of. More RA-less fights in teh gorge or teh breif for teh win, plz.
Josh, one of our naturalists *is* a damage dealer. 5 Naturalists, one of which being a melee-warden, does better than 4 naturalists + 4 *real* tanks. We beat TF and TK alot when their ra's are down, both of which I consider to be more competent alb groups than the dox groups that you run in (and that I have run in). Not a slight at DoX, btw. TK and TF are good groups.
Of all ppl you know that I am in favor of casters. However, ignorance from 90% of the people that are good enough to group with 8v8 does not allow that. And when we do get some casters, most people are so rusty on them that they don't do well and thus won't play them again.
Best group(s) I've ever been in were the balanced KoS Morning groups. The second best would be the free rp's tank group, followed by the kos pbae groups and then kos tank groups.
Balanced group > all.
Amante -- I have more fun busting zergs than an 8v8 fight, thus porting is not exciting to me. Other 8v8 feel the same way, I think, and there's more RP's to be earned busting a zerg than having a good fight. RP whores will go where there are rp's.