Blue 99, Where the cool kids are.

[Grubbz]

Tired of getting ganked? Corpse camped? Playing with the worst players ever? Come play blue, were you can get groups any time of the day and have to actually compete for camps.

No bonus exp rate on blue, real men play here.

[SamwiseRed]

Tired of competing? Want ez mode? Join on us on blue99 today and wait in line for camps. Oh and make sure you stock up on javs because raid mobs are fte. Also variance allows us to wait for raid mobs for days on end. Its greeeeeat!

[Jauna]

Yeah, why play on the Red version of the EZServer when you can play on Blue99? Come play how it was ment to be played and not with sillybitch exp bonuses. Blue99 doesnt need any gimmicks to trick players into playing there.

[Vile]

Its pretty sad when blue players are coming to the red forums recruiting more people to wait in line @ camps... lol

[Azure]

No one groups on blue because they are all twinks and pl'd to level 20. If you do get a group at orc 1, a twink with a druid rolls in and KS's the entire zone with their bard friend pulling for them.

And you can't even root/snare/nuke the bard.

Good time's on red popping out of invis and rooting a bard with 30 mobs on them.

[Jauna]

Tired of competing? Want ez mode? Join on us on blue99 today and wait in line for camps. Oh and make sure you stock up on javs because raid mobs are fte. Also variance allows us to wait for raid mobs for days on end. Its greeeeeat!

Everything you mentioned was due to a high popular population. If you get what you want (more people to play with) everything you listed wont be too far behind on the EZ99 server. Be careful what you wish for.

[SamwiseRed]

mmos are no fun if there is no competition. there is no point to blue unless you use it like a 1990s yahoo chatroom.

[Jauna]

mmos are no fun if there is no competition.

Sometimes, things need to die. Blue99 is doing fantastic and has been for years without the aid of gimmicks, spam and dev/gm intervention. The Red server has been struggling for years and years and years... its like keeping an old dog alive just because you love it when you know its best years are behind it and its just suffering.

Let go.

[SamwiseRed]

item recharging, rotations, variance arent gimmicks? p99 once had a population of less than 100. should they have pulled the plug on it then?

[Swish]

Its pretty sad when blue players are coming to the red forums recruiting more people to wait in line @ camps... lol

QFT

/thread

[Pheer]

item recharging, rotations, variance arent gimmicks? p99 once had a population of less than 100. should they have pulled the plug on it then?

p99 has had more than 100 since the day it released

[Jauna]

item recharging, rotations, variance arent gimmicks? p99 once had a population of less than 100. should they have pulled the plug on it then?

I am not sure when item recharging was nerfed/changed on live, but if it happened in this (classic/kunark) timeline I am pretty damn sure the Devs would of fixed it long ago. You not having it is not classic.

Rotations are forced, sucks but true. However if you (red server) gets an ample population and things get dominated by one guild for a long period of time then you too, may get it.

Was Variance shorted on Blue when rotations were put in? I took a break on Holloween 2013 to April 2014 and dont know for certain

When was Blue99 below 100? I started playing in 2011 and dont remember it being that small

[SamwiseRed]

i just dont get the point of an mmo without pvp. whether it be wow, eve, eq, daoc, ect. Especially in older games where the AI is terrible.

[Grubbz]

The ONLY time pvp was fun in eq, was back when the old bazaar had an arena.

[SamwiseRed]

on blue it isnt the more skilled or better prepared players that get the mob. its whoever has FTE or first to petition in some cases. killing mobs to get better gear to kill mobs is boring. getting better gear to help your guild vs another guild makes more sense.

[Jauna]

i just dont get the point of an mmo without pvp. whether it be wow, eve, eq, daoc, ect. Especially in older games where the AI is terrible.

... that depends on the game. Here you stack MR and become immune to most casters and auto attack your way to victory, or joust with a low delay weapon. And here you are vulnerable longer then other games which not alot of people like. in WoW if you eat/drink for 30 seconds you are good to go for another fight/ambush, here you gatta hide and med for 10 minutes minimum No opinion on daoc and eve. Plus corpse runs here. no bueno.

What separated the Red server from Blue99 before was just PvP (and being a couple of patches behind) and you had maybe 100-130 players during primetime while we had 1000-1200. But ever since they added exp bonuses, pvp level ranges, coin only... even you all have to admit your burst of popularity is mostly from the exp boost and Kunark stagnentnessery. I dont know if that was a word or not.

[SamwiseRed]

pvp servers have always been a fraction of the players on their blue counterparts. in a way the numbers are somewhat inflated because on blue you can afk for days and have little issues. on red afking will lead to death unless you are lucky.

stack MR and neglect the other resists and die quickly. MR really only messes with clerics and chanters altho chanters can still kill you with their other abilities. shamans, druids, wizards, and necros do not rely on MR based spells to kill.

[Jauna]

killing mobs to get better gear to kill mobs is boring.

PvE servers being more popular across most games proves this wrong. Few people want to play a game where someone has a chance to be oppressed, blocked out or grieved. I think there is only one pvp server still active on live while the rest were shut down/merged. Even in WoW one side becomes super dominant and players on the losing/less populated side leave server for something more balanced or fun, even if the servers in question are pve or pvp.

Even... even if... even if Teams99 came out next week and Red server players were merged I can guarantee you that one race/alignment/whatever it is will become dominant and everyone will either move to Blue99 or move to whatever side was dominant. I wish I was more knowledgeable about these forums so I can link a picture of Father Elijah from New Vegas and tell you all to learn to let go.

[SamwiseRed]

PvE servers being more popular across most games proves this wrong. Few people want to play a game where someone has a chance to be oppressed, blocked out or grieved. I think there is only one pvp server still active on live while the rest were shut down/merged. Even in WoW one side becomes super dominant and players on the losing/less populated side leave server for something more balanced or fun, even if the servers in question are pve or pvp.

Even... even if... even if Teams99 came out next week and Red server players were merged I can guarantee you that one race/alignment/whatever it is will become dominant and everyone will either move to Blue99 or move to whatever side was dominant. I wish I was more knowledgeable about these forums so I can link a picture of Father Elijah from New Vegas and tell you all to learn to let go.

didnt TMO run blue99 for 2 years and IB before that? there was nothing anyone could do about it except rule lawyer. you bring up wow but honestly that makes no sense because everything is instanced. not one side can block the other from content unless they figure out a way to hack into anothers instance (would be cool.) the accessability of epics via one guild running an MQ operation speaks volumes about how oppressive blue99 can be.

[Azure]

R99 is just like a small bonzai tree, it's perfectly trimmed how it is. It will grow into a bigger tree one day maybe. But right now it's just in it's own small little pot.

[SamwiseRed]

all this raiding shit aside the other reason i am pro pvp is because i like to be immersed in my mmos. i also like reputation to matter and there be consequences for my actions. this is red. without immersion mmos are just a grindfest. sure some people love grinding but not me. im pretty blue when it comes to pvp too. rarely will i attack anyone without a reason and generally i am helpful. pvp enables me to play the game how I want to play. blue99 is far too restrictive when it comes to player interaction. impossible to RP on blue, i mean why cant i attack that necromancer that is assaulting deputy budo in misty thicket?

I will defend the shire in this life or the next.

[Jauna]

didnt TMO run blue99 for 2 years and IB before that? there was nothing anyone could do about it except rule lawyer. you bring up wow but honestly that makes no sense because everything is instanced. not one side can block the other from content unless they figure out a way to hack into anothers instance (would be cool.) the accessability of epics via one guild running an MQ operation speaks volumes about how oppressive blue99 can be.

No one could do anything due to their raid force size, if you wanted to raid/see end game content you could try to join them or you had no option.

I brought up WoW thinking of PvP servers and certain pve things. There are Horde dominated servers where you cant quest worth a damn without getting ganked without remorse. No alliance could level via quests and they moved onto other servers

Even on PvE servers Alliance dominated servers Horde couldnt muster up 10 people to raid sometimes, and the Horde moved on to greener pastures

Here, with Red small population you have two options, to spam Blue forums/EC to get people to play with you, or come to Blue. Red people constantly spam, recruit and convince people to come to them... but them needs to come to... us. The greener pasture, the place you want, the place you need, the place you crave. Come to where people are, come to the place you know. You say you hate waiting for camps, you say you hate waiting for raid targets, you say you hate waiting wait waiting waiting.. but what you really hate is being alone. Come, join us.

[Tradesonred]

Blue99

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Red99

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[SamwiseRed]

cant defend the shire in blue.

naw

[Not Salem]

Thought this was a troll but there are way to many page long responses from OP for that to be true, eq without pvp would be unbarable and I wouldt not play it

[SamwiseRed]

pretty much any game but especially mmos without pvp are unplayable and meaningless.

[Doors]

Played on blue for years. Server sux.

[Potus]

Sometimes, things need to die. Blue99 is doing fantastic and has been for years without the aid of gimmicks, spam and dev/gm intervention. The Red server has been struggling for years and years and years... its like keeping an old dog alive just because you love it when you know its best years are behind it and its just suffering.

Let go.

Yeah no gimmicks or intervention at all, like when your server crashed and the GMs instantly shut down Red and used its hardware so you could still farm pixels.

If the GMs/Devs cared about Red as much as Blue you guys would have 200-400 people tops.

[Rettj]

Blue99

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Red99

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[Doors]

Reasons red server > blue:


Variance
Over Populated
Economy is Fucked
Over Abundance of Items and Money
Kunark has been out for a decade

[Jauna]

Yeah no gimmicks or intervention at all, like when your server crashed and the GMs instantly shut down Red and used its hardware so you could still farm pixels.

If the GMs/Devs cared about Red as much as Blue you guys would have 200-400 people tops.

A few things. You farm pixels on Red as well so you can PvP better. Stop using the pixel excuse, you do it too.

Second of all, the past week(s) or so proves that you are wrong about the GMs/Devs not caring about the EZ99 server. You got alot of non-classic buffs in order to attract people to your server. But you have to come to admit a few things:

People know that EZ99 is there at this point, its just a matter if someone likes PvP or not. And I can tell you from memory that most people dont like PvP, the Zeks were never as popular as say Bertox (tho that maybe a server listing issue) or any other PvE server and its showing here. And it will remain as such. 75-100~ or so people you are attracting now are probably people who feel the Kunark stagnentation(sp, not even the spellchecker knows wtf im talking about) or people who want easy leveling.

Look, until the Devs start buying Adspace on popular websites and really start advertizing for EZ99 you will probably max out at 300 players max.. even though you all been petering.. pettering? at 200 players with all the current attention, spam and whathaveyou.

[Jauna]

Reasons red server > blue:


Variance
Over Populated
Economy is Fucked
Over Abundance of Items and Money
Kunark has been out for a decade


The first thing I noticed about your post is this:

You said nothing good about your server. Because you know its:

Underpopulated

Little to no economy due to little players, you know all your wealth is with the longtimers

No over abundance of items or money due to very little players

Always a few patches behind, you probably wont get Velious when Blue gets Velious
You got me with Variance however, ill admit that.

[SamwiseRed]

we are on the same timeline now ya moran. well get velious the same time you guys do.

[Potus]

A few things. You farm pixels on Red as well so you can PvP better. Stop using the pixel excuse, you do it too.

Second of all, the past week(s) or so proves that you are wrong about the GMs/Devs not caring about the EZ99 server. You got alot of non-classic buffs in order to attract people to your server. But you have to come to admit a few things:

People know that EZ99 is there at this point, its just a matter if someone likes PvP or not. And I can tell you from memory that most people dont like PvP, the Zeks were never as popular as say Bertox (tho that maybe a server listing issue) or any other PvE server and its showing here. And it will remain as such. 75-100~ or so people you are attracting now are probably people who feel the Kunark stagnentation(sp, not even the spellchecker knows wtf im talking about) or people who want easy leveling.

Look, until the Devs start buying Adspace on popular websites and really start advertizing for EZ99 you will probably max out at 300 players max.. even though you all been petering.. pettering? at 200 players with all the current attention, spam and whathaveyou.

You still didn't acknowledge that you had your server crash and Red was cannibalized so you could still get your precious loots.

Please, try to tell me that you don't get any preferential treatment. There are bugs on Red that have been reported for years that got fixed on blue and are still ignored. I have a thread up right now, pets innately DW at high level. Fixed on Blue, still bugged on red.

And I went to blue the other day to test spell mechanics for a bug report. The zone crashed. I came back my char was dead. A guide rezzed me without me even asking. He rezzed everyone in the fucking zone.

On Red I can't find a gm for weeks, it takes a month for Misty Thicket to get reset or the Ancient Croc spawn to be fixed. You guys are a bunch of pampered babies, if Red had your support we'd have your population, it's as easy as that.

[no chewie dont]

did someone just say theres no abundance of items here lol

[SamwiseRed]

so far this Jauna chick has been talking out her ass. pretty funny tho, i hope she continues.

[Rellapse40]

Jauna is laughable he got butthurt over a Red thread in the Blue section

who even gets mad at that

kid must have downs in rl

[Derubael]

As I stated before, we don't mind if you make "blue recruitment posts" in the Red server forums (though lets be honest here - this is just a troll to try and 'make a point', but you're missing the mark by a mile), but if you're going to do so you need to refrain from attacking the red server or its player base - or post the thread in RnF if you intend to do so.

First, last, only warning, etc. I moved a "red recruitment" thread that was attacking the blue server into pvp rnf last night and warned the OP the same way I'm doing here.

As a side note, the entire staff works hard to provide both servers for our players to enjoy. When you come in here and start hurling insults at the server itself to try and make a point about forum posts, you're directly attacking both the Project and it's staff. It's disappointing to see that a small handful of community members can't help but become enraged when we start promoting another Project 1999 server.

Stop acting like immature children because you can't get what you want. You're making the entire project and it's community look bad by kicking and screaming over a handful of forum threads.