Is Endgame Just a Cycle of "Static Killers?"

[Zomkei]

I overheard some players in shout chat commenting that "A9S is going to be the new static killer" and calling some endgame normal modes "baby raids," etc. [...]

In sum, this seems to be quite a warning sign and discouraging for new players getting into endgame as the game is already top-heavy as is (been out for a few years) and statics by their very nature are not welcoming to new players. [...]

They're just joking (sort of) because AS3 (third floor of first tier) was considered a static killer, then AS6 (second floor of tier 2) so people are throwing around that AS9 (first floor of last tier) will be the new static killer.

Catch up on this game is simple, so I don't really get why people say this game is top heavy, and honestly it depends on where you are. Gilgamesh is known to be a raiding server, regardless of whether it is or not it has a bad rep of being "hardcore / elitist", on my server there's plenty of statics looking for people and taking new ones as well, but then again my server is more casual.