I am one of those who am thinking of joining, but will be able to come "sometimes"... I know there are always others out there like me who are on the lower side of attendance when it comes to rules such as what we are talking about. Shit drops much faster in glacier/xarc, so we are only talking a small time frame before everyone has what they want from there, compared to how it used to be... If it was like it used to be, where 1 BLM hat dropped a year, then yea..
No one is trying to say that people with less time to attend shouldn't be able to come and lot. But as you said "small time frame before everyone has what they want"... so I don't think that implementing this rule would cause such hardship on those with less time to attend. In fact I thought that this increase in drop rates was one of the best reasons to go ahead with implementing it. If only 1 BLM hat dropped a year and you needed high attendance to lot it but you couldn't achieve high enough attendance why would you go at all? But on the other hand if 2-3 drop per month the people who have high attendance should have them soon so even if you can't make the attendance requirement you know that you would still be able to get a hat within a small timeframe.
But we are a need before greed basis, like it has always been, and imo, should stay since we have a small group.
My main concern which has led to the proposal of this idea is that I see our small static asperations slipping away. The reason for rewarding those who have tried to dedicate their time to a small static is to promote the "small group". Otherwise as I've said people come and go, new people are needed and we no longer have a small "static" group.
No offense but no I do not see your counter points. If you would like to add in the pro's and con's i missed I would appreciate it. I want what is best for our dynamis shell and if i missed something in my pro/con post it would be best for the shell if you point out the pro(s) or con(s) of either plan that I missed.