Green vs Blue

[Nannaki]

Coming back to p99 and i'm having trouble deciding between the two servers. Is it silly to start fresh on blue atm?
On one hand i feel like things would be less contested on blue, on the other i don't want leveling or finding groups to be an issue.
anyone who maybe has or had characters on both able to chime in and give me some feedback?

[Ghost of Starman]

The only downside of Blue is less people to group with under 40. Other than that, its super easy to get very good gear, if you tell people you're new someone will hook you up with a decent set. Once you get to 40 you'll be able to find groups from 40-60 without too much trouble.

Green is alot more crowded, especially at lower levels, and there isn't the same gear inflation. You'll be using inferior gear and things will be alot slower. Also, you'll have stuff like hybrid XP penalty, there isn't a port to Surefall Glades, etc. etc.

You could have fun with either option, it honestly depends on how much you like to solo vs group for low level content.

[starkind]

Green is the more organic experience.

Blue is slightly more synthetic.

Both are fine.

Green is more competitive, but also more social. And ppl will run bye and buff and help u.

[Philistine]

I recently leveled a warrior from 1 into the low 30s on blue after having not spent time at those levels in about 2 years; groups were easy to find during prime time in the normal xp highway zones. Outside of prime time they were harder to come by.

[Stonewallx39]

Blue is a gentleman’s server, green is also good

[Arvan]

green if you want hordes of sweaty/unbathed neckbeards perma camping every good loot spot / blue if you want to sometimes not be able to find a group but can go camp what you want to camp

[Toxigen]

the easy answer is blue unless you are hardcore (not a good look in 2021)

[Tewaz]

Green in one instance: If you go to the willow wisp island in Erud's Crossing to farm some greater light stones, there is probably a high level there monopolizing all the spawns because they can make 100 plat an hour or whatever instead of leveling.

[Kakur]

I just started a few weeks ago on Blue and have not tried Green so somewhat bias opinion. I also played back in the 1999-2000's and know what grouping was like back then having a main cleric and a twink in every slot available. Grouping on Blue has been hit or miss, but every zone I've hit there have been people my level or within a few levels one way or another and most willing to group up. I currently have a level 16 Bard and am in unrest. I had a bard back in the day too, i'm not part of the swarm lovers club (yet). Almost everyday i log in it's not hard to find you've been hit by a run by buffing or even to the point of i've had a high level chanter/druid/shaman just sit by me and buff/heal me for most of my sessions. Gear, i've had a tentacle whip and some ring mail handed to me, so i wouldnt say you'll be raid ready by handouts, but it's still nice to see a helpful community.

[jolanar]

Now that Kunark has been out for a while there isn't a huge difference in the servers anymore except Green will have more low level players.

If you actually prefer to solo but like the option of groups too, then Blue is the better choice. If you want to group all the way to 60 then Green is probably better.

[Xer0]

green if you want hordes of sweaty/unbathed neckbeards perma camping every good loot spot / blue if you want to sometimes not be able to find a group but can go camp what you want to camp

sometimes? lol

[Mesocyclone]

Green is infested with cheating trash. Play Blue.

[starkind]

We really should delete all plat and items on both servers and just merge them. At this point.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

The only real reason to play green is if you want items that have a limited drop window. All of the limited drop windows have already expired on Blue. If you don't really care about that, Blue is better.

[Gustoo]

Green is infested with cheating trash. Play Blue.

Hilarious comment.

The most egregious of psychopaths are playing both servers at the same time.

This probably exacerbates the "Solo Quest" problem since its so effective to solo farm 2 servers at the same time for ?? who knows that ends.

Merge all to red and enable item loot and level requirements on gear.

Move to resolved.

[Snortles Chortles]

imagine rolling a new character on the test server (blue)
(LOL)

[starkind]

I saw no groups leveling on blue and tons of boxing, that is a huge con/downside.

[Crede]

I love blue. It keeps all the green crazies away

[chaser95]

I saw no groups leveling on blue and tons of boxing, that is a huge con/downside.

and i can say i've seen the same on Green alot of 2boxing and saw someone get banned for three boxing lol both servers have there issues pick your poison....