Your chance to try RED in just 3 days

[Nirgon]

The blue server shut down for the Thanksgiving holiday is coming, try to organize your race/class choices and common play times to come start on this great server.

Holocaust will help you get your epic should you make it to 50+ and decide to join them.

We are thankful for ALL new players and Haynar for making the server loved by the devs again.

[Buhbuh]

Correct. Come hither, my sweets.

[captnamazing]

OR play Velious Beta and help get it out faster. This is why the server is going down. Help out the devs people, Red is always around.

[Nefarum]

OR play Velious Beta and help get it out faster. This is why the server is going down. Help out the devs people, Red is always around.

This. The point of the shutdown is to test Beta. Why don't you Red players help out and test Beta too.

[Portasaurus]

It's gonna be pretty funny when at the last second they decide to shut down red, too.

[captnamazing]

http://i.imgur.com/aFEY5FO.jpg (http://imgur.com/aFEY5FO)
Your chance to try BETA in just 3 days!!!!!

[Sampten]

This. The point of the shutdown is to test Beta. Why don't you Red players help out and test Beta too.

The problem with the "test Beta" is that they have given no clear direction as to what they want/need tested. Test what? Test server load? Test tradeskills? Test turn ins? Which ones? Post something? If so what and where?

[Portasaurus]

The problem with the "test Beta" is that they have given no clear direction as to what they want/need tested. Test what? Test server load? Test tradeskills? Test turn ins? Which ones? Post something? If so what and where?

I think the main focus is tradeskills.

[captnamazing]

General quests need testing.

[bytebite]

http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157067

This list?

[iruinedyourday]

The problem with the "test Beta" is that they have given no clear direction as to what they want/need tested. Test what? Test server load? Test tradeskills? Test turn ins? Which ones? Post something? If so what and where?

they want to see if well all permacamp everything and be jerks to eachother. Its the ultimate test.

[Nirgon]

Some people don't have anything extra to contribute to the beta, everything they might know is already on there... or they just don't know Velious.

It's gonna be pretty funny when at the last second they decide to shut down red, too.

^ Naw:


*** The red server will remain open.




Plat can be farmed on red at THREE TIMES the value of blue while you sell items in blue EC, look for ports, or are LFG. Red is better than gems, give it a try. You have 3 whole days to get a character up!

[captnamazing]

Plat can be farmed on red at THREE TIMES the value of blue while you sell items in blue EC, look for ports, or are LFG. Red is better than gems, give it a try. You have 3 whole days to get a character up!

Play red so that you can get faster plat on blue, Nirgon says.
Play red so that you don't have to deal with EC tunnel anymore, red enthusiasts say.

Please stop. I have nothing against Red, in fact, I rather like it, but Nirgon, what you're trying to do is counterproductive to the community as a whole.

[feanan]

is it just me, or does this whole beta test weekend really just seem like a red recruitment thing?

so besides the 2 weeks to 60, free epics for all, and all loot camps open..the new enticement is what the trade value is between servers?

they stopped character sales, this cross server trading should be shut down

[Esheon]

The problem with the "test Beta" is that they have given no clear direction as to what they want/need tested. Test what? Test server load? Test tradeskills? Test turn ins? Which ones? Post something? If so what and where?

No clear direction?

How about this Velious Testing Super List (http://www.project1999.com/forums/showthread.php?t=157067) thread that lists every single zone/quest/spell/tradeskill/whatever, and is stickied in the "General Beta Discussion" forum?

That seems like a good place to start...

[Argh]

The problem with the "test Beta" is that they have given no clear direction as to what they want/need tested. Test what? Test server load? Test tradeskills? Test turn ins? Which ones? Post something? If so what and where?

Play on beta in any zone for an hour and you'll find a number of obvious bugs or issues.

[paulgiamatti]

Test beta! Don't feed the sociopaths.

[GnashingOfTeeth]

is it just me, or does this whole beta test weekend really just seem like a red recruitment thing?

so besides the 2 weeks to 60, free epics for all, and all loot camps open..the new enticement is what the trade value is between servers?

they stopped character sales, this cross server trading should be shut down

Yup, red or beta, no option.
I will catch up on other games unless both are shut down.

[Swish]

Nobody makes anyone click these threads, but you all do...

Its the inner red player trying to escape.

Beta test Velious AND try red, why not? ;)

[Ravager]

I don't know anything about Velious and want to keep it a surprise. I'll be Omega testing Morrwind this weekend.

[Tann]

Plat can be farmed on red at THREE TIMES the value of blue while you sell items in blue EC, look for ports, or are LFG. Red is better than gems, give it a try. You have 3 whole days to get a character up!

/insertnotclassicgif

[tolinwiz]

Play red so that you can get faster plat on blue, Nirgon says.
Play red so that you don't have to deal with EC tunnel anymore, red enthusiasts say.

Please stop. I have nothing against Red, in fact, I rather like it, but Nirgon, what you're trying to do is counterproductive to the community as a whole.

Would just like to say that thanks to Nirgon's propaganda posts, I actually played on Red. EXP has made it worth staying. Keep up the good fight Nirgon!

[Swish]

Would just like to say that thanks to Nirgon's propaganda posts, I actually played on Red. EXP has made it worth staying. Keep up the good fight Nirgon!

XP is very good, grouping is encouraged... its not some huge box of grief like you might first think. Give it a try, all you fencesitters <3

[Merekai]

The problem with the "test Beta" is that they have given no clear direction as to what they want/need tested. Test what? Test server load? Test tradeskills? Test turn ins? Which ones? Post something? If so what and where?

Test PoM, it is the last zone to come out. If you don't know anything about PoM, check in the Velious forums about what you could test/any known issues. If all of that fails, go into a zone with no one in it and train the shit out of mobs, see if pathing looks like it is working right.

If none of that sounds like any fun, get a group or a raid and just go try and kill something that sounds like fun. If any bugs are still abound in whatever content you go smash they might rear their ugly heads and now you have yourself to pat on the back for helping to find/fix.

Cheers!
Chev

[Kandykiss]

I hate PvP so much if I got into one encounter a month Red still wouldn't be worth my time. One of the reasons I stick to EQ is you don't NEED PvP for anything. When i go to any other game, BGs are super encouraged and needed for certain items etc. Hate it so much. Such a waste of time IMO.

[Whirled]

http://img.brothersoft.com/screenshots/softimage/s/simpsons_jeopardy-377547-1276745877.jpeg

I'll take Posting in a Thread for 2000 Alex

[Glenzig]

I hate PvP so much if I got into one encounter a month Red still wouldn't be worth my time. One of the reasons I stick to EQ is you don't NEED PvP for anything. When i go to any other game, BGs are super encouraged and needed for certain items etc. Hate it so much. Such a waste of time IMO.

I'm not big on pvp at all either. But I have found that the red server is just more fun than blue. I really thought it would be the opposite, but people are actually way more laid back on red than they are on blue. Seems weird, but its true.

[Nirgon]

Would just like to say that thanks to Nirgon's propaganda posts, I actually played on Red. EXP has made it worth staying. Keep up the good fight Nirgon!

Glad to hear it.


We are now just TWO days away from your chance to TRY red


Oh can you feel it

The xp bonus, the open camps, the raid guild that will recruit and help you learn to be the best EQer you can be..

[Agonist]

Tried red last few days. Made it to level 6 then was camped by a twink named something like Sweatyvagina or Vaginasquirt that wouldn't leave CB zoneline. Guess they looted the 4p I had managed to save for spells.

[Glenzig]

Tried red last few days. Made it to level 6 then was camped by a twink named something like Sweatyvagina or Vaginasquirt that wouldn't leave CB zoneline. Guess they looted the 4p I had managed to save for spells.

Call LNS and don't zone back into CB. You can make plenty of plat/xp at orc hill at lvl 6.

[Agonist]

Call LNS and don't zone back into CB. You can make plenty of plat/xp at orc hill at lvl 6.

LNS? Logged on the 3rd attempt at getting back to corpse.

[Nirgon]

Tried red last few days. Made it to level 6 then was camped by a twink named something like Sweatyvagina or Vaginasquirt that wouldn't leave CB zoneline. Guess they looted the 4p I had managed to save for spells.

Neither exist on here:

http://r99pvp.com/search.php


What was your character name that got killed?

[Glenzig]

LNS? Logged on the 3rd attempt at getting back to corpse.

Loot and scoot. It is a provision that is GM enforced that does not allow pkers to corpse camp you. You may want to read the server specific rules before logging in.

[Agonist]

Neither exist on here:

http://r99pvp.com/search.php


What was your character name that got killed?

My character isn't listed in that list either. So they do exist.

[Agonist]

Loot and scoot. It is a provision that is GM enforced that does not allow pkers to corpse camp you. You may want to read the server specific rules before logging in.

I'd have to call a GM so my corpse isn't camped?

Completely new to the whole EQ pvp scene. Admittedly, only skimmed over the rules and do remember something about a new rule on no corpse camping. Didn't know the only method of enforcing that would be to create a petition. Was late and didn't want to petition a GM to simply tell someone to stop killing me long enough to grab my corpse.

[Glenzig]

I'd have to call a GM so my corpse isn't camped?

Completely new to the whole EQ pvp scene. Admittedly, only skimmed over the rules and do remember something about a new rule on no corpse camping. Didn't know the only method of enforcing that would be to create a petition. Was late and didn't want to petition a GM to simply tell someone to stop killing me long enough to grab my corpse.

I would suggest going back and actually reading the part about LNS then. By GM enforced I mean that if you call for LNS and it is purposefully ignored, that player will most likely be banned. Of course you would have to submit a petition, that's how GMs enforce rules.

[Nirgon]

My character isn't listed in that list either. So they do exist.

Which char is it again?

This weekend I'll be around helping buff/heal in the Faydark area. For recently griefed by scum cases, I will make them a priority.

Will be sure to add you to friend list on that char.

[Daldaen]

Yellow Text doesn't occur until a certain level Nirgon.

Really should just be removed entirely since it does more harm than good. Too many people try to play it like a FPS, worrying about dat Kill-Death ratio.

[Agonist]

Which char is it again?

This weekend I'll be around helping buff/heal in the Faydark area. For recently griefed by scum cases, I will make them a priority.

Will be sure to add you to friend list on that char.

Was Squirtyvagina, Vaginasquirty or something very similar.

Didn't want to come off as whiner. Just wanted to share my recent experience with red.

[Nirgon]

I mean your character.

What is the character you are playing that this happened to.

Thorns/Skin Like Nature/Chloro is waiting to get you (and maybe a group of pals if you bring em) out of the Unrest griefer range this weekend.

[Fame]

A lot of the players from Blue seem to be having a great time on Red, I group with them on my lvling alts all the time, it's win/win they get exp and so do I! Something insane like +290% for a full group!

[Sampten]

A lot of the players from Blue seem to be having a great time on Red, I group with them on my lvling alts all the time, it's win/win they get exp and so do I! Something insane like +290% for a full group!

I'll never knock/discredit another server. I played on FV on Live (before that Drinnal), and I always heard great things about Povar.

Why I'll never create a character on red is based entirely on the fact that I have absolutely zero interest in PVP. I didn't play on a PVP server on live, and never had any interest in playing on one. I have no interest in playing on one in P1999, and I imagine I'm not alone.

I'm sure Red is a fine server, I just simply don't want the "PVP experience". It's a personal choice. I'm sure I'm not alone, which is why Red's population is low. PVP is a niche market. There's nothing wrong with that.

There is also nothing wrong with brussel sprouts. I happen to not like them, which is why I don't buy them at the grocery store. So to me, red is like brussel sprouts. I'll pass.

[Daldaen]

Lol. I like the Red = Brussels Sprouts analogy.

[Sampten]

Lol. I like the Red = Brussels Sprouts analogy.

Thanks! Maybe when put in context people will understand why some people don't care for PVP :)

[Glenzig]

Thanks! Maybe when put in context people will understand why some people don't care for PVP :)

No. Cause Brussels sprouts are amazing and awesome. And also very delicious.

[Greengrocer]

No. Cause Brussels sprouts are amazing and awesome. And also very delicious.

^

I don't get this whole Brussels-sprouts-are-bad angle

[Whirled]

This is true. Brussel sprouts are health potions man

[Glenzig]

^

I don't get this whole Brussels-sprouts-are-bad angle

It actually blows ones mind.

[Velerin]

Actually the Brussels sprouts is even a better analogy than you thought.
If you cook them well (pan-fried, little olive oil, seasoning) they taste great but if you cook them wrong (boiled) they taste awful.
All in the approach.

[Glenzig]

Actually the Brussels sprouts is even a better analogy than you thought.
If you cook them well (pan-fried, little olive oil, seasoning) they taste great but if you cook them wrong (boiled) they taste awful.
All in the approach.

So much like Brussels sprouts, red is for the refined palette.

[Daldaen]

So much like Brussels sprouts, red is for the refined palette.

Favored by those allergic to Gluten and Vegans.

Which is why few people wish to associate with those folk.

[Fame]

Did not mean to derail.

[Glenzig]

Favored by those allergic to Gluten and Vegans.

Which is why few people wish to associate with those folk.

What are you talking about? Sprouts go great with a nice thick steak.

[Swish]

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ off to red! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

[sox7d]

ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ off to red! ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

My girlfriend loves looking at your signature/avatar whenever I browse these forums.

[Pokesan]

Contest?

I already play red but would contribute towards a pixel package for the best(highest level? most YT?) blue player achievement during the shutdown.

[sox7d]

The only thing stopping me from playing red is the population. If this break fixes that, I've found my new addiction.

[Swish]

My girlfriend loves looking at your signature/avatar whenever I browse these forums.

Just her? Not both of you? :p

Just passing on some good internet art ;)

[Nirgon]

Actually the Brussels sprouts is even a better analogy than you thought.
If you cook them well (pan-fried, little olive oil, seasoning) they taste great but if you cook them wrong (boiled) they taste awful.
All in the approach.
Gr8 analogy

[paulgiamatti]

I don't understand why everyone wants to pan-fry Brussels sprouts. Just steam the sprouts.

[Ravager]

XP is very good, grouping is encouraged... its not some huge box of grief like you might first think. Give it a try, all you fencesitters <3

What's remarkable is all the non-classic shit they did to Red to give it broader appeal, but any suggestion to give the unclassically top heavy blue server broader appeal gets shot down with 'not classic'.

[Swish]

Variance and dragon pixel rotations for some, yellow text and a group XP bonus for others.

...and all those who hate on the XP bonus are likely the same people who pay 2000pp per pull for some chardok aoe XP or have their alts PL'ed.

You'll see more and typically accomplish more on red without having to save tens of thousands of plat, and you'll do it in the fraction of the time.

[DarkwingDuck]

So is the exp bonus just when u group? Or there is bonus on top of the 300%?

[Ravager]

Variance and dragon pixel rotations for some, yellow text and a group XP bonus for others.

...and all those who hate on the XP bonus are likely the same people who pay 2000pp per pull for some chardok aoe XP or have their alts PL'ed.

You'll see more and typically accomplish more on red without having to save tens of thousands of plat, and you'll do it in the fraction of the time.

I like you Swish, but I won't try Red until the exp bonus is gone.

[Varren]

So is the exp bonus just when u group? Or there is bonus on top of the 300%?

Pretty sure its a flat 100% bonus, plus 40% per group member.

Former bloob here, moved to red and love it. Pvp just makes sense in an rp environment. Much more immersive imo.

If you try it, embrace the pvp. Paladin? Kill those that worship evil gods. Troll? Eat halflings!

[feanan]

ezserver. dunno why its not just auto 60 and epic from vendor

[Varren]

ezserver. dunno why its not just auto 60 and epic from vendor

Because that would be stupid

[Fame]

Pretty sure its a flat 100% bonus, plus 40% per group member.

Former bloob here, moved to red and love it. Pvp just makes sense in an rp environment. Much more immersive imo.

If you try it, embrace the pvp. Paladin? Kill those that worship evil gods. Troll? Eat halflings!

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view3/1186332/family-guy-good-good-o.gif