Question about red server
 

Is it a FFA pvp or light vs dark pvp?

I am thinking you playing it now that I know theirs no penalty for playing both at the same time.

Red is ffa.

Red is a dead server RIP

ill give it a try.

its ffa, but its also you against people who invested 2000 hours into farming unconstested gear

if you interested in pvp help us help staff make red fun again

Can you keep us updated with your experiences here? I am curious what a person with an open mind thinks about Red p99 after experiencing it first hand!

Lhancelot, it's like...fine. There's groups of nice helpful people, I'd say most people are generally fine and not looking to troll you. Parties while hard to come by are ridiculous experience with the +50% bonus, then +40% bonus per party member (making a full group an enormous xp boost) which makes leveling quick and easy.

The only unexciting thing is the global OOC chat gets really tiresome quickly. I played there pretty regularly a few years ago, I tried to come back there a few weeks ago, and it's honestly like I had never left.

The same old tired shit-talking comes off as barely genuine and exhausting, it's rote and mechanical now like all the top guilds feel like they sort of have to do it to stay relevant. Meanwhile, there's still that one guy that says they're the best pvp'er and references their record (which upon further investigation is always less than impressive, noted by a handful of other people).

All that's different are the guilds and key players involved, but they might as well just be the same people. "Zerg guild" vs "elite group of badasses guild" vs "sort of new up and coming guild thats challenging people" + "One guy that the whole server knows".

The pvp can be fun, it was enjoyable the times I did it and definitely adds a unique level of stress when you notice someone in the zone that wasn't before, making each pull a little more tense if you feel like they're there for pvp.

The OOC chat eventually, amidst the trite shit talking, devolves into this weird sense of childishness where one party killed another party and are desperately trying to justify their ability to deny the other party LNS by referencing rules while simultaneously trying to explain how the rules never apply to what they did.

You can basically script the nightly chat. It's pretty cringey.

If there are no people on the server but someone posts in OOC chat, will any see it?

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haha. very thorough run down of what it is like. I played EQ1 pvp for years, starting on RZ, then went to SZ, then to Zek.

I can appreciate the excitement pvp adds when you find it.

I don't recall a server wide /ooc though ever, and people didn't constantly talk shit either on those old PVP servers.

Sure, you had some exceptions, but I suppose different times and different people played differently compared to how people play and behave now.

Thanks for the detailed breakdown. ;)