Think of switching from red to blue

[Splade]

So... I started playing p99 for a few months back in late 2014 I think. I made a necro (my one and only char besides for a lvl 1 alt I've played once) and I leveled him to 52. I played for 2-3 months and kinda ran out of things to do, lost direction, whatever you want to call it. Quit for a few months and just recently came back after velious release and leveled to 54.
Things I've noticed since velious-
The small population is incredibly spread out... it's nothing to pass through tons of empty zones and never see another person
Very little pvp besides for people waiting for you to pull a mob and killing you or making you get an xp death... basically just cheap shotting or griefing you.
1 guild with most of the servers pop in it (which I'm happily apart of, love those guys) but it doesn't make for much diversity.
...
The things I do love though-
Don't have to wait on camps
Global ooc chat
Uhm...
The feeling when I DO actually see someone else of wondering whether or not we are going to duke it out
And the grp xp bonus is pretty sweet


So, I know why people go from blue to red. Apparently the end game scene of there Is really jacked up and people are getting text messages at like 4am to come kill a dragon or some crap and you can have to wait on camps but I'm no raider so I wouldnt care and you can always find another camp to xp at
I know I should just give it a shot but I don't want to waste my limited playtime on something that may be pointless
So, what do you guys think? Anyone have experience on both servers and care to share your thoughts?

[Recusco]

I played Red for awhile as well but the low server pop and people plugging in PVP got real old.

[Pope Hat]

If you only for to 54 on red then you don't need to worry about end game on blue

[Splade]

If you only for to 54 on red then you don't need to worry about end game on blue

That's why I said Im not really worried about that

[jpetrick]

If you don't really care about end game content I think you will enjoy your time on blue

[SamwiseRed]

blue made greengrocer, careful

[Splade]

blue made greengrocer, careful

Who's that?

[Colgate]

Empire doesn't have any level 54 necromancers

[Daywolf]

That's why I said Im not really worried about that
Even so, if you do get to cap, you don't need to poopsock it, there are lesser raids that are done. Of course you can always roll an alt at that point too, view the game from a different perspective. Such as if you really like necro, and cap a necro on blue, a good alt may be an SK to Necro, and even in an opposite good/evil alignment that you played your necro up in (e.g. Ak'Anon vs Neriak etc).

[Lifebar]

Who's that?

Greengrocer was the chosen one. He was supposed to bring balance to EC, and for a while it seemed like he did. But then...

[Splade]

Even so, if you do get to cap, you don't need to poopsock it, there are lesser raids that are done. Of course you can always roll an alt at that point too, view the game from a different perspective. Such as if you really like necro, and cap a necro on blue, a good alt may be an SK to Necro, and even in an opposite good/evil alignment that you played your necro up in (e.g. Ak'Anon vs Neriak etc).
Do guilds still do raids in like... plane of hate and fear and stuff?

[iruinedyourday]

I've done both and the RP and general attitudes of strangers on blue is nice... If you want to really dig into the pixel accuracy of mob pathing, conduct long grinds of solo/duo camps, analyze mob behavior & AI programming, meet an occasional beautiful mind player who has spiral notebook after spiral notebook of drop rates locations and dungeon/mob info, then blue is the place to be.

When I moved from blue to red, I was shocked at the number of people who didn't know how to navigate some of the most classic content and fight in the most optimal spots with the best strats. Basically people loved to group with me cus I could take them to any camp and break any room anywhere...

If you come to blue, mostly what people will be happy you contribute to their night of xp will be stories of how weird red99ers can be.

[Daywolf]

Do guilds still do raids in like... plane of hate and fear and stuff?Casual raiding guilds, yeah they raid around.

has spiral notebook after spiral notebook
80 page binder detailing ranger class, map locals, drops, stats etc etc. Kept it up through launch to kunark. A few Velious entries later. Here I just use my tablet.

[Hiragawa]

80 page binder detailing ranger class, map locals, drops, stats etc etc. Kept it up through launch to kunark. A few Velious entries later. Here I just use my tablet.

/pokes his map binders.
/pokes his Velious era spellbook.

I mean, I mostly just alt tab when I need to look something up. But the maps are quite handy having printed out still.

[Daywolf]

/pokes his map binders.
/pokes his Velious era spellbook.

I mean, I mostly just alt tab when I need to look something up. But the maps are quite handy having printed out still.
Well back then you know, full screen and dial-up modems :o
Especially the modem play, not like now where we can just have no problem watching even netflix while we play :D
So printing was a good idea back then.

[Hiragawa]

Well back then you know, full screen and dial-up modems :o
Especially the modem play, not like now where we can just have no problem watching even netflix while we play :D
So printing was a good idea back then.

Indeed. I can't imagine browsing the internet for information on dial-up even if I could have alt tabbed back then. My printouts still come in handy. Although my husband looked at me like I was nuts when I tore our house apart trying to find my physical spellbook.

Then again, he thinks I'm insane when I grin every time I die horribly somewhere... He just doesn't understand EQ.

[Slave35]

Indeed. I can't imagine browsing the internet for information on dial-up even if I could have alt tabbed back then. My printouts still come in handy. Although my husband looked at me like I was nuts when I tore our house apart trying to find my physical spellbook.

Then again, he thinks I'm insane when I grin every time I die horribly somewhere... He just doesn't understand EQ.

I grin when other people die. I guffaw, I smirk, I chortle. Actually, I think other people dying in EQ is probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life. That's why I make a terrible healer - conflict of interest.

[Kerwin]

only thing about red is you get spoiled from the xp bonus and when you play blue after its like WTF THIS SHIT IS SO SLOW

[Daywolf]

I grin when other people die. I guffaw, I smirk, I chortle. Actually, I think other people dying in EQ is probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my life. That's why I make a terrible healer - conflict of interest.
As a healer, I've always found it more fun to see their reaction seconds before death, down to 2-3% and they start trying to run down the hall before they realize they're already at near full health. Or even in some cases, and especially I could do this on live with my old cleric, to time it just right that they get the heal a fraction of a moment ...after they dropped :D

Death is too quick... the joy is watching them need to change their shorts time and time again. Hey, and anyway, when they are all at low health, the mobs care less about me :)

[Lifebar]

Or even in some cases, and especially I could do this on live with my old cleric, to time it just right that they get the heal a fraction of a moment ...after they dropped

If you purple club enough tanks you get your photo up on the wall of the cleric guild. 2 more and I get a free sandwich.

[Daywolf]

If you purple club enough tanks you get your photo up on the wall of the cleric guild. 2 more and I get a free sandwich.naaah, tanks I keep above 15%, it's melee classes that get the luv. No spell slinger wants to accidently dirtnap the tank - holding the aggro. Then who's left to hold the aggro and tank? Ranger?! hehehe