Thinking about joining Red

[Jamirus2]

Hi guys,

I'm pretty new to Everquest, but I'm thinking about joining Red. The EXP bonus is very tempting, and I'd love to be able to get to know classes quicker.

The only thing that I'm a little concerned about is the player numbers. If I were to make an Enchanter or Cleric, would it still be easy to group up with other players?

My play time is pretty limited. Is there a wide range of levels on Red?

[TacoSmasher]

Server population is very stale. Unlikely you will run into other new players as you level up. At best you will run into the odd twink or PL group. The economy here is very bad as well, very little low level gear available unless you plan to level up a enc/mage/necro and farm it yourself.

I'd advise playing on blue for a more "real" everquest experience. I played here for over a year and had great success ans a good time but the population has dropped significantly since Feb 2015

[Ames1]

Hi guys,

I'm pretty new to Everquest, but I'm thinking about joining Red. The EXP bonus is very tempting, and I'd love to be able to get to know classes quicker.

The only thing that I'm a little concerned about is the player numbers. If I were to make an Enchanter or Cleric, would it still be easy to group up with other players?

My play time is pretty limited. Is there a wide range of levels on Red?

You missed the fun part of red. Just roll on blue if you actually want to play everquest with other people.

[Aesop]

your best bet is to join <Thunderdome> and even in TD grouping can be sketchy. You would be fine though, we've been recruiting more and it's been pretty active.

[Aesop]

Assuming you wanna join red, there are always lots of camps available and the exp bonus is real nice. Community outside of TD sux though

[Fame]

love these troll threads, really wonder about whos been doing it for the last 5 years tho

[Jamirus2]

love these troll threads, really wonder about whos been doing it for the last 5 years tho

I'm sorry. I didn't intend for it to be taken as a Troll thread. I've just started on P99 a few days ago, and was genuinly curious about Red. I'm quite new to Everquest, so the idea of getting to level a little quicker would be great so that I can see a class develope quicker, and see if it's something I would enjoy playing.

So far I've only gotten a level 3 Shaman on Blue.

[TacoSmasher]

not sure why you would want to play this game if not for nostalgia.

lots of better titles worth your time

[HippoNipple]

Server is the same as it has been since 5 months after release. These dudes are just jaded because their guild just ended and they are bored of the game. The same thing has happened several times and population continues to be pretty close to where it was.

You can join Thunderdome if you want a leveling guild then stick with them or hop over to Tempest for end game raiding. There is little PvP but you will probably find a better PVE experience on Red than you will on Blue. The population is big enough to be able to raid and do stuff end game but small enough to where people will want you to play and help you with gear early on.

Cleric/Enchanter are great choices for PvE and you will be needed from level 1-60.

[TacoSmasher]

Not jaded, just dropping facts, sorry dude.

No need to candy coat the situation here. I had a few anon alts on the come up until a few weeks ago. Grouping situation is really bad, and the pool of active players consists of a lot of weirdos.

Red99 is great if you want to play eq mostly solo and interact with mostly degenerates

[Bionic]

Red99 is great if you want to play eq mostly solo and interact with mostly degenerates

^What he said.

Roll the Enchanter.

[Tewaz]

I rolled a naked enchanter and was able to group and level super quick. Enchanters don't need a lot of gear and you can snag spell money from some helpful people in Thunderdome.

[Grandbeard]

There is little PvP but you will probably find a better PVE experience on Red than you will on Blue. The population is big enough to be able to raid and do stuff end game but small enough to where people will want you to play and help you with gear early on.

This is exactly why the server needs a wipe. ITS A PVP SERVER :mad:

Instead its poorly populated and often mostly by PvE players or super twink gankers.

When I came to join the RED99 community I was interested in PvP yet all I found was empty zones and super twinks who gank endlessly until you leave the zone. Don't be fooled by the whole TD guild. They have people who use that guild to find people to gank and do so often. They also have guild members who enjoy training and PKing fellow guild members when it suits them.

Basically Red99 is a failed server now with a super low population, non competitive pvp and many lousy, bitter losers. A few nice people but really it is a joke as a pvp server.

[Aesop]

you sound like a bitch, it's not easy for sure but it's not all that bad.

[Grandbeard]

you sound like a bitch, it's not easy for sure but it's not all that bad.

I know the truth can hurt sometimes but I never intended to trigger ya. I came to Red99 looking for fun pvp, it never happend and most people even here agree that it is now more of a PVE server than anything else.

So cry more if you like but I stand by my comments. ;)

[Aesop]

Yeah, I'm the one crying. Don't let the door hit ya where The Warlord (http://wiki.project1999.com/Rallos_Zek) split ya!

[Tewaz]

Red could be so great. Initial pvp for new players is a fungi twink chasing them around CB/Unrest/MM. It's fun when there are a decent number of players to fight them off, but having your group get wrecked and camped by the person or forced to leave by LNS is not fun and leads people to play like a pve server.

[Grandbeard]

Red could be so great. Initial pvp for new players is a fungi twink chasing them around CB/Unrest/MM. It's fun when there are a decent number of players to fight them off, but having your group get wrecked and camped by the person or forced to leave by LNS is not fun and leads people to play like a pve server.

I will go further than this. Fungi twinks do this a lot, making some of the most interesting and FUN zones to level in, nearly impossible. They also get buffs for these twinks which only makes things so much harder.

I know in Thunderdome we were told repeatedly in Guildinfo and in guild chat to avoid Crushbone, Unrest, Mistmoore and CoM. Now all of these zones are fun to level in and often the only place that is viable to find a group (due to major low population).

Once you get past Crushbone, Mistmoore and Unrest, many people group up in City of Mist due to the cool loot drops and the exp. In this zone you can still get hardcore griefed by players who level up, then Delevel so they can be super twinked in ToV gear etc.

Also bards tend to come in the zone who are OOR and they intentionally train lower groups so they can maximize their aoe bard kiting. OOR monks have also trained groups in CoM with FD. I have died just as much to intentional training from OOR players than I have due to PvP, so it can get pretty bad. Then the person who trained often logs in an in range toon and starts picking off naked toons on a CR, for YTs, until those on a CR call LNS. Considering the brutally low server pop, this is beyond annoying. It can take an hour to get a group going, if not more. Players end up losing experience and end up LNS from the zone.

So when you are a new player, all the fun quickly gets sucked out of the game. Most people like a game because it is fun. Sadly the Red99 community has a fair sized pool of people who are intent on destroying that fun.

They only think of themselves and could care less if the server population drops below 60 during prime hours. They are so desperate for YTs that nothing else matters. New players will almost never be able to compete against this due to the vast difference in gear, dps and resists.

This server does have some decent and fun people but with such a low population, the options for grouping are very low and for some classes, soloing can be brutally painful.

The best thing they can do to revitalize Red99 is an announced server wipe with staggered expansion progression. Perhaps only to Kunark if the server population can't handle another 20+ empty zones.

On the other hand, you could join the server as is and experience all this "fun" for yourself.

[Slathar]

I will go further than this. Fungi twinks do this a lot, making some of the most interesting and FUN zones to level in, nearly impossible. They also get buffs for these twinks which only makes things so much harder.

I know in Thunderdome we were told repeatedly in Guildinfo and in guild chat to avoid Crushbone, Unrest, Mistmoore and CoM. Now all of these zones are fun to level in and often the only place that is viable to find a group (due to major low population).

Once you get past Crushbone, Mistmoore and Unrest, many people group up in City of Mist due to the cool loot drops and the exp. In this zone you can still get hardcore griefed by players who level up, then Delevel so they can be super twinked in ToV gear etc.

Also bards tend to come in the zone who are OOR and they intentionally train lower groups so they can maximize their aoe bard kiting. OOR monks have also trained groups in CoM with FD. I have died just as much to intentional training from OOR players than I have due to PvP, so it can get pretty bad. Then the person who trained often logs in an in range toon and starts picking off naked toons on a CR, for YTs, until those on a CR call LNS. Considering the brutally low server pop, this is beyond annoying. It can take an hour to get a group going, if not more. Players end up losing experience and end up LNS from the zone.

So when you are a new player, all the fun quickly gets sucked out of the game. Most people like a game because it is fun. Sadly the Red99 community has a fair sized pool of people who are intent on destroying that fun.

They only think of themselves and could care less if the server population drops below 60 during prime hours. They are so desperate for YTs that nothing else matters. New players will almost never be able to compete against this due to the vast difference in gear, dps and resists.

This server does have some decent and fun people but with such a low population, the options for grouping are very low and for some classes, soloing can be brutally painful.

The best thing they can do to revitalize Red99 is an announced server wipe with staggered expansion progression. Perhaps only to Kunark if the server population can't handle another 20+ empty zones.

On the other hand, you could join the server as is and experience all this "fun" for yourself.

I have a fungi twink in CB, Unrest, MM and CoM. Stay out or I'll put you down, boy.

[Grandbeard]

I have a fungi twink in CB, Unrest, MM and CoM. Stay out or I'll put you down, boy.

Good luck since I don't bother logging on to Red / Dead99 anymore. I do visit the forums because there is info on Zek and other private servers. I just wanted to let the OP know what to expect if he / she rolls a toon on Red.

[Slathar]

Good luck since I don't bother logging on to Red / Dead99 anymore. I do visit the forums because there is info on Zek and other private servers. I just wanted to let the OP know what to expect if he / she rolls a toon on Red.

mission: accomplished

[Grandbeard]

mission: accomplished

Yeah Zek really made me not look back, they did a great job on the server. ACTUAL PVP and FUN.

[Slathar]

okay you lost, we get it. cya nerd.

enjoy ur pvp server w/ custom quests built in that only devnoobs pals know about. I already kicked u off this server. owned lol scrub omg rofl.

[Aesop]

sorry if I was mean to you, you genuinely seem to have PTSD related to pvp. Some people are just better constituted for environments like red99.

I agree with a lot of your sentiment, and as you might know I'm a huge proponent of removing yellow text and ooc both. I hope you can get the help you need to overcome these trying times.

[Grandbeard]

okay you lost, we get it. cya nerd.

enjoy ur pvp server w/ custom quests built in that only devnoobs pals know about. I already kicked u off this server. owned lol scrub omg rofl.

lol someone has issues. Do you just sit at a computer all day trying to be a jerk or does it come naturally? You did not "kick me off" anything. The fact that the server is dead is why I left. Had there been more of a player base then there would be more to do. Instead the server is almost totally empty.

The fact that the quality of pvp is so poor is a testament to this. Travelling 40+ empty zones for hours is boring as heck. So please get over yourself and how pathetic you seem to be. Get a GF or boyfriend if you can and try to enjoy life. It works as long as you don't have a crap personality or are as ugly as you post.

My day tomorrow will be spent at the beach in the sun! So you win ;)

[georgie]

lol someone has issues. Do you just sit at a computer all day trying to be a jerk or does it come naturally? You did not "kick me off" anything. The fact that the server is dead is why I left. Had there been more of a player base then there would be more to do. Instead the server is almost totally empty.

The fact that the quality of pvp is so poor is a testament to this. Travelling 40+ empty zones for hours is boring as heck. So please get over yourself and how pathetic you seem to be. Get a GF or boyfriend if you can and try to enjoy life. It works as long as you don't have a crap personality or are as ugly as you post.

My day tomorrow will be spent at the beach in the sun! So you win ;)

Can I get a tl dr on that

[Tassador]

Can I get a tl dr on that

You can. He lost and is mad about it.

[Old_PVP]

I'm thinking about joining Red.

Don't think...do