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Derubael
04-24-2014, 04:04 PM
Project 1999: Red glares at you threateningly - Is Your Body Red-y?

Welcome to Red 99! If you've always wondered what Red was all about - or found out in the past and weren't thrilled with what you saw - we invite you to come try again. With a host of changes having been made in the past 6 months, including with the most recent patch, Red 99 is better than it has ever been. Come find out what it means for your Body to be Ready today!


Group Experience Bonus -

Project 1999 Red now has a 50% experience bonus from 1-60. In addition to this, for each group member, a 40% experience modifier will be added to all XP the group obtains. This means that with a full 6 member group, you will be provided a 290% bonus to all experience gained, 1-60.

This will provide a faster leveling experience than on blue, but still allow people to take the time to learn their character, meet new friends, and encounter new enemies on their way to level 60. Have your friends roll on red with you, and enjoy the journey!

The Play Nice Policy -

The new Play Nice Policy gives people new and old to PvP a way to ease their transition into a PvP environment. If you are killed in PvP, you need only let the person who killed you and people in the zones you are moving through know that you are "Loot and Scooting (LnS)". This will allow you to get your corpse, and move on from the zone, no questions asked. The player who killed you does not have an option to kill you again if you call loot and scoot, so long as you get your body and move from the zone.

The Play Nice Policy also mixes blue rules with tradional red 99 rules. Any situation that cannot be solved by PvP has the blue rules applied in that situation. For example, if you are camping emperor crushbone, and a level 60 comes to take your spawn, he has to wait in line like everyone else. No longer can people steal your camps 'because its a pvp server'. However, if you are in range of the player in question, and PvP is an option, you'd better watch out! He can kill you to take your camp. A similar application is used for killstealing - high level players cannot steal your kills. If they are out of level-range, they must leave you, and your mobs, alone.

For more information on the specifics of the Red Play Nice Policy, please visit this thread. (http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=132301)

The PvP Level Range -

The PvP Level Range has been changed to +/- 4 from 1-60. This provides players with a 'more comfortable' range to PvP from. No longer will someone 6, 7, 8 levels higher than you be able to obliterate you with little resistance. Now you'll have a fighting chance in almost all situations.

'City OOC/Area OOC' -

Currently not implemented.

Nagafen's Lair and Permafrost are no longer no-level range zones -

Soldungb (Nagafen's Lair) and Permafrost are now +/- 4 level range. In the past, these fantastic zones were 'FFA', and you could be killed by people much, much higher level than you. No longer! These two zones are now limited by level range, and will function like normal zones in PvP.

Resist Fixes -

On February 23rd, 2013 changes were made to the way resists work on Project 1999: Red. Resist gear is more meaningful now, and you are more likely to resist spell when wearing resist gear. This adds balance to the PvP system, and allows new and old players alike to flex their strategic muscles, both when picking gear and when actually engaged in combat.

The PvP Community -

There are many misconceptions as to what 'the PvP community' is on Project 1999. Many people have a negative view of Red 99 and it's players. It's time to throw these notions out the window! You will be pleasantly surprised when you get in game and realize that even people who kill you are often willing to lend you a helping hand afterwards (and maybe a bit of advice!). Come find out what it means to be a part of Red 99!

Sign me up!

There is nothing quite like the adrenaline rush of a close PvP encounter. The excitement, the thrill, the fear, and the elation of a win is one of the most pure and challenging gaming experiences out there today. PvP offers an opportunity to make close friends who would quite literally die for you in game, and bitter enemies who would do the exact opposite. The bonds and community formed on a PvP server last a lifetime. We will be running GM events, and the established players and guilds will be helping to welcome new players to the server all weekend! Come join in on the fun, the strategy, the heartbreak, the laughter, the tears, and the excitement that is Project 1999 Red: PvP today!

Aussie
04-27-2014, 05:58 AM
First. Thanks to Rogean for your work.

thugcruncher
04-27-2014, 06:13 AM
my neckbeard is ready

Smedy
04-27-2014, 06:25 AM
lets do this, i am slightly immersed by this

Laugher
04-27-2014, 06:27 AM
my neckbeard is ready

Yaulp

LostCause
04-27-2014, 06:41 AM
PRAS ROGEAN an ALL DEVS

Jenni D
04-27-2014, 06:44 AM
Immersion imminent

Iandyan
04-27-2014, 07:10 AM
how am i supposed to wait 2 more hours for this?

hahahahahahahahaahahahahahahahaahah

Swish
04-27-2014, 07:18 AM
Big things pals, big things!:D

Tasslehofp99
04-27-2014, 07:34 AM
Looks like some good changes, I hope they work out well.


Should add a clause to PNP though, one which states something along the lines of "any moron /ooc'ing venomous shit/racist shit should be suspended."

Honestly I've tried rolling 3 different toons on red and even with 100 /ignore spaces I'm still inundated with retarded spam from WoW-kids.

Conscript
04-27-2014, 08:36 AM
Guess I'll try again to roll on this server

Galacticus
04-27-2014, 08:42 AM
Ready!

Azure
04-27-2014, 10:10 AM
YAY <3 <3 <3

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

raptorak
04-27-2014, 10:28 AM
Now post it in blue forum ;)

mrproudbeard
04-27-2014, 10:42 AM
Nice. Thank you staff!

rollin5k
04-27-2014, 10:55 AM
so much appreciated, good changes

Heavenzoutcast
04-27-2014, 11:01 AM
"If you build it, they will come". Sounds like what's going on. Good work dev's.

JackFlash
04-27-2014, 11:16 AM
Very nice.

Giovanni
04-27-2014, 01:00 PM
Great changes - woke up this morning to a phone call from someone who hasn't played the server in months requesting twink/pl.

Cymeon
04-27-2014, 01:36 PM
FINALLY everyone can shut up and bask in the excellence of big things. Thanks derupal

Fame
04-27-2014, 01:51 PM
Getting a patch notes tattoo

Mellor
04-27-2014, 02:45 PM
Gonna give this another try

jaybone
04-27-2014, 02:49 PM
So the old xp modifier is gone and now is just a flat 50% with bonus to grps?

rollin5k
04-27-2014, 03:39 PM
I think that this is true, which is better for higher levels basically. Much better than scaling

Nothxu
04-27-2014, 05:17 PM
Need to fix out of range healing / bard speeding etc. That will be the biggest problem going forward.

SamwiseRed
04-27-2014, 05:28 PM
xp bonus is legit. log on NOW

jcmtg
04-27-2014, 06:11 PM
not shopped
http://i.imgur.com/zZkTxho.png

Pudge
04-27-2014, 06:21 PM
THANK YOU devs!

..........:cool:......:cool:

...............:)
.......:D............:D
..........:D:D:D:D

Nirgon
04-28-2014, 04:52 PM
Rogean just did a lot

Item loot for 400+ pop

MaksimMazor
04-28-2014, 09:10 PM
What a terrible idea taking away Velious beta, terrible

stormlord
05-05-2014, 09:15 PM
Long time no see. I like the rule changes. I think it'll be more welcoming. Only problem is how do you enforce it? That's the problem I see. If GM's do it then what about corrupt GM's? You need active GM's too.

Is there a way to enforce play nice rules in the gameplay, without GM assistance?

OneKillQuota
05-07-2014, 10:51 AM
You guys even got my ass on P99 Red!

ZawrTheMonarch
05-07-2014, 03:27 PM
May I join in on your fun, my good fellows?

Will be rolling a character on Red tonight. Plan to stream it all because I enjoy hardmode and being corpse camped.

I look forward to good times!

no chewie dont
05-07-2014, 03:28 PM
bookmarked both your streams
see you at level 2

Rettj
05-07-2014, 04:23 PM
bookmarked both your streams
see you at level 2

A booger flew out when I snorted

heartbrand
06-03-2014, 08:38 PM
What happened to this? Are the events still going to be occurring? Are the pvp fixes incoming? Is there a new pvp dev? Seems like there was a lot of hype, and there were some good changes, but haven't heard much since

Nirgon
06-03-2014, 08:59 PM
http://i.imgur.com/FQ2Ws.jpg

Gaffin 7.0
06-03-2014, 09:00 PM
that is one ugly ******

Nirgon
06-03-2014, 09:02 PM
He is not a happy fellow

xblade724
08-21-2014, 02:20 AM
Where have you been all my life? Well, my P99 life .. these changes are incredibly overdue and I'm ecstatic to read this after quitting a long time ago, bottlenecked by "ITS NOT CLASSIC" responses ruining the server. It's a shame a giant portion of the community is already gone .. I wonder if you are able to send a mass email to all the members with this post? Really, I bet it'd double+ the population.

xblade724
08-21-2014, 07:05 AM
Too late for sure, but better late than never. I only check in twice per year for patch notes like these, but everyone's already gone. What's left? Maybe a re-release? I don't know, maybe it's a bad idea because it half punishes the supporters if , and on the other half it may revive the server. My bards only lvl 22ish, but if people played with all these bonuses and "rallos zek"-like rules like the ones newly implemented, I would be willing to start over if everyone else did. Maybe a /levelto10 to encourage people since the first few levels on red suck terribly. Idk, probably talking out of my ass, but either way I'm happy as hell to see these overdue changes, but saddened if people still feel it's too late. It could have been so epic.....but just ruined by stubbornness ugh...... Any plans to revive the community, after all these epic changes?

Derubael
08-21-2014, 09:33 AM
The server was up to ~200 people a night after the changes. Held steady like that for a while. Now it's closer to 150 at peak times. #1 thing that will bring people in and keep them around is community outreach programs for lowbies, and an overall more positive attitude from the players.

When every 3rd thread on the forums says "WIPE IT CLEAN ITS TERRIBLE" and /ooc has similar rhetoric, not sure why anyone thinks people would stick around to play. It doesn't even give the box a chance at that point - it's shooting yourself before you even get to the gunfight.

xblade724
08-21-2014, 01:41 PM
The server was up to ~200 people a night after the changes. Held steady like that for a while. Now it's closer to 150 at peak times. #1 thing that will bring people in and keep them around is community outreach programs for lowbies, and an overall more positive attitude from the players.

When every 3rd thread on the forums says "WIPE IT CLEAN ITS TERRIBLE" and /ooc has similar rhetoric, not sure why anyone thinks people would stick around to play. It doesn't even give the box a chance at that point - it's shooting yourself before you even get to the gunfight.

Hmm, this is true.. I mean, the previous comment almost prevented me from even LOOKING (since after all, I don't check in very often). Don't worry, I'll still check it out, though.

As for lowbies, yea, this is huge. On Rallos Zek which was a big hit later, they realized this too -- they made PvP only active for lvl 10+ to get people off their feet and not rage quit at lvl 1-2. Not sure if that's a consideration. I find it easier to get on my feet after this magical number (well, 8 as a caster, 10 as anything else). Personally I don't care because I'm in my 20's, but I do want to see new people.

dethbringre
08-21-2014, 08:27 PM
Theres no YT before level 10, I never bothered to mess with it before then.

mitic
10-01-2014, 10:02 AM
The server was up to ~200 people a night after the changes. Held steady like that for a while. Now it's closer to 150 at peak times. #1 thing that will bring people in and keep them around is community outreach programs for lowbies, and an overall more positive attitude from the players.

When every 3rd thread on the forums says "WIPE IT CLEAN ITS TERRIBLE" and /ooc has similar rhetoric, not sure why anyone thinks people would stick around to play. It doesn't even give the box a chance at that point - it's shooting yourself before you even get to the gunfight.

people stick around because there is no other eq pvp server out there with such a clean code as we have.

does that mean that people are happy with the current state of our server? not realy.

those 200 players you are mentioning are those 200 contesting bossmobs. afterwards we have currently 100 at best for the other 6 days a week.

Gustoo
01-15-2015, 11:19 PM
Right now the pop is pretty strong.

When is area OOC going live?

Rickles
01-16-2015, 03:30 PM
Just started here, loving it so far. My Preconceived notions about red were mostly incorrect.

Dru
09-04-2015, 02:48 PM
It's definitely a different feel to the server now. Still some douchemongrelling twinks around causing trouble but in general people seem cool.


My friend and I are back and plan to stay for awhile. hope to see you all on there.

Swish
09-04-2015, 04:14 PM
Ran across a fungi twink ranger on my bard in MM yesterday, he was awful. Take that tunic away and he was one of the worst pvpers I've met since playing here.

Get past level 30 and the fungi twinks tend to disappear anyway, just watch for the odd wizard sniper in CoM ;)

Godly
02-12-2016, 04:40 AM
Pras it.

ducktv
02-12-2016, 04:49 AM
[Mon Dec 07 20:39:57 2015] You have slain Crouton!
[Mon Dec 07 20:39:57 2015] [PvP] Crouton <Empire> has been defeated by Reebz <Friends> in Cobalt Scar!

still waiting for this update.

Huelath
02-12-2016, 03:09 PM
[Mon Dec 07 20:39:57 2015] You have slain Crouton!
[Mon Dec 07 20:39:57 2015] [PvP] Crouton <Empire> has been defeated by Reebz <Friends> in Cobalt Scar!

still waiting for this update.

wrong thread dude

ducktv
02-13-2016, 07:27 PM
wrong thread dude

ya i hecked up

Jazzy
02-14-2016, 07:00 PM
Jeremy cmon bro

i can resend killshots if you lost em

Huelath
02-15-2016, 03:48 PM
Jeremy cmon bro

i can resend killshots if you lost em

wrong thread dude

ducktv
02-15-2016, 08:34 PM
wrong thread dude

ya he hecked up too

Nagoya
12-04-2016, 02:26 PM
Group Experience Bonus -

Project 1999 Red now has a 50% experience bonus from 1-60. In addition to this, for each group member, a 40% experience modifier will be added to all XP the group obtains. This means that with a full 6 member group, you will be provided a 290% bonus to all experience gained, 1-60.

This will provide a faster leveling experience than on blue, but still allow people to take the time to learn their character, meet new friends, and encounter new enemies on their way to level 60. Have your friends roll on red with you, and enjoy the journey!


hello Red server -- just started -- is this the current XP bonus on the server?
50% always and +40% as soon as you group?
Does that means that a duo has +50% red bonus +40% group bonus +2% add ppl bonus ?

Thank you :)

Aesop
12-04-2016, 02:46 PM
yes but remember that the exp is still split up between the group, so it's +40% more exp but that is to the total exp and is split between you and your duo partner.

I think.

Sometimes it's still better to solo exp. but if you play a pet class you can have someone afk in your group and pet kill everything since grouping removes the pet penalty.

Nagoya
12-04-2016, 02:48 PM
sure but that still means if a mob would give you, say, 100xp in solo on blue.
that would be 150xp on red.
now if you duo the same mob, total xp would be 192xp, split in two for 96xp each, which is pretty awesome :P

thank you for your answer :)

Fame
12-05-2016, 04:08 AM
Dont play here Nagoya

server is dead

Nagoya
12-05-2016, 04:17 AM
So far in about three days of grinding in steamfont I could group a little, met some buffing druids, got some starter money, added some people on friend list for ports or rez or if I feel lonely ;) all in all it's been a fine experience so far!! Of course you join planing to solo a lot I can see the server pop is 50-100 at all times but whatevs that's why I log in on red you know. When I need more peeps I go on blue ;) in the end it's the classic EQ experience that I like! See you online take care ;)

bestovv
01-20-2017, 06:04 AM
http://i.imgur.com/lgF6RhJ.gif

Rhuobhe
01-20-2017, 10:21 AM
add Andain to your friend list. he is one of the last Maiar of Norrath and loves to help people get started.

Nirgon
01-20-2017, 11:35 AM
take this stupid custom /con text out too, its not funny now and never was

aint classic either

get it together

Gustoo
02-24-2017, 04:02 PM
I applaud the efforts but now we are ready for classic.

Pomp
06-24-2018, 02:59 PM
huh

LulzSect©
07-16-2018, 01:09 PM
https://i.imgur.com/imw1K0l.jpg

Sibelia1
06-08-2020, 03:38 AM
I'm an idiot.

Gustoo
12-28-2020, 06:17 PM
I read the first few posts in this thread and was inspired by the optimism of 6 years ago.

Dvusz
12-31-2020, 10:27 AM
take this stupid custom /con text out too, its not funny now and never was

aint classic either

get it together

Preach.

Wait, did they take it out?