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I have to disagree with starting with PoP. All those uber guilds who have beat Overlord Mata Muram and Mayong cut there teeth on Vox and Naggy and each expansion after that. You could start with PoP and be successful but I think your guild would enjoy Everquest more if you can conquer places like Vex Thal and ToV and even Trakanon even if it is a cakewalk.
that's only because those guilds were around when those zones were the highend.
I don't think any of them, if restarting now, would touch tov or VT. if your goal is progression, the answer is not luclin.
actually, I'd argue that pretty much every lesson learned in VT is obsolete in DPOB.
if you're raiding for fun - sure, do luclin and velious! but that doesn't mean you cant do early pop, too.
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Yes, Reparm is an extreme example. Most PoP gods are easier than him but you can't be "getting a feel" for raiding against guys like him.
general rapems melee dps is bigger than every other pop era mob, excepting a couple in phase4/5/6 potime.
screwed example. no guilds start off killing reparm. that's not what people mean when they say "try raiding pop!"
as an example of a modern day fast progresion path, look at enlightenment's site.
admittedly they had an awful lot of raid experience already, and a few people floating around with higher end gear, but it's still pretty damn impressive go from tactics to dpob in less than a year: http://www.illuminationguild.com/Mambo/