If I wanted to play on red, I would have. But due to the infestation of douchebaggery and scumbags I wont.

Y'all talk too much. Just play Red lol!!

Interesting. This post just might convince me to play on red at least a little. I tried to play red back when it was only a month or so old and it seemed like just what I expected.

How do monks/rogues/rangers fare in pvp? I have very little eq pvp experience.

I think it's split between some people who had some bad experiences with a selection of players there (I didn't, but I see a lot of references to "douchebaggery") and those that just find it uninviting in-general. I like the idea of the red server, and would enjoy playing there if it actually had any community at low levels. However, at the moment it's more like a small lan-party. Start a toon in Greater Faydark on p99 blue at 10am and you'll have 27 people, 25 of them in your groupable range (was the case yesterday). Go to red, and it's you and the buddy you brought with you for three days straight (my first three days there).

What red needs is some super helpful high-levels butt kissing the new recruits to keep them, a huge influx of alts, or to raid EQ Live's Zek server and just mass advertise.

And I'm aware nobody high-level on that server feels it's warranted to kiss up to new players. But when you are a fledgling guild looking for a player base, you go above and beyond to fill ranks because it's a neccessity, not because you need or want to. And with that every-time-I-check-sub-100 population, it's got that small guild feel to it.

The red forums are pretty entertaining to read while bored at work, but I don't see myself playing there.

Sort of like how car crashes are really neat in movies, but not so much fun to experience first hand.

If you post on the forums, you will usually get 3-5 that not only say they will help you get some levels / plat / gear, but that will show up and do it. So we do help the lower level guys.

The real key to R99 is being able to socialize. If your someone that has serious social anxiety, and need all 27 of those people in Gfay to find 1 to talk to, then your going to have a hard time. But, there are guilds with a ton of lower lvl guys, you just have to put in enough effort to find them, then find people that play when you do, and start leveling.

I started on R99 with 2 friends from P99, met a ton of people, joined a guild, and have no issues at all. Just dont be shy. Even us "shitheads" in Holocaust will help out a newbie. Well, some of us. Lol

The best advice I can give is that if you decide to test the waters as a melee bring a friend to play a healing class with you...and play a monk. Do not come to red as a solo melee and expect to make it. Most players on red are 50 now, and there are a couple guilds with a good 30ish element, but there are no lowbie guilds anymore. Brotherhood takes low people, but most of the lowbie toons in the guild are alts.

Monks are much less gear dependent, and gear on red is HARD to come by unless you camp it or continuously check the forums. They are also godly in PvP at high level and geared...especially once Kunark rolls out. You can make a good amount of cash early at a couple camps, but both are mid-teen and you're going to be a cloth-wearing superman until then.

If you go solo...and this is going to sound crazy...but it's true. There is a high demand for MAGES in guilds. Wizzies, druids and shammies are all over the place. I don't see many necros either, tbh...but guilds want mages pretty badly.

A lot of guilds on red want melee dps too though, especially for Sky where you won't have charmed pets.

Just remember, if you do start on R99. Bring friends, or post on the PvP forums your starting, and I am certain someone will either toss you some items or PL you a bit to get you into group range.

And dont be shy. We are all shitheads, but we are nice... until you hit 42 and join Nihilum.

They're dropping resil next expansion? Best news I've heard from that game in a long time if its true.