I can't join your stream but I have been on Red since Beta. I didn't play everyday but when the population was at 14 average unless Nihilum was raiding, I was often one of the 14.
Without the benefit of a guild, I managed to solo a shaman to 60, a druid to 60, a mage to 55, and a necro to 55. I did have the benefit of a long-time friend playing and a RL friend as well, and I did duo with my RL friend on the shaman. I can count the groups I have been in on one hand, but that's because I don't care about pvp nor actively participate in it.
I have never killed anyone on Red on any character. I don't attack anyone unless defending myself or a group member. I just run around helping people, especially new players, so hopefully they keep playing on Red despite the assholes.
That being said. I never played VZTZ. I only came to Red because my friends did and I like open camps. However, I have a much different perspective on the Red server than likely anyone else. I have never been anyone's enemy and it's allowed me to make friends with people in every guild. I am not on anyone's "side" except maybe the newbies' side.
It's not a bad server overall. The bitching gets old in ooc and the fixes are really slow. I don't care about resists, I'd rather all nukes land than no nukes land. It's rough on the melee characters but root is pretty resistable compared to nukes/dots. When a rogue catches you by surprise you won't be feeling sympathy for melee toons.
I know what the coders do is extremely time consuming and mind numbing to fix all the things that break in EQ and I don't really expect it to be done faster. I am happy it's done at all for the incredibly low price of free. I'd just like some more frequent updates on what is being worked on and perhaps a rough estimate on when it will be implemented. I think that would help with a lot of frustrations over the breaks and bugs.
The bitching, well, I like global chat, I just get tired of listening to the same 10 people reiterating the same ridiculous tirades. There have been hours of homosexual insults coupled with threats of how badly they can beat up each other in real life, then about how money they make or how often they get laid.
It's like watching the Discovery Channel and seeing two rams fighting over a fat guy in a female goat costume.
Or, if you prefer, a daycare for hyperactive little people with a Napolean complex arguing over who is the tallest. Doesn't matter, still a midget.
I'm not sure how to trim the weeds out of ooc without screwing everyone, perhaps someone has a good idea.
Overall, fun server. Plenty of people for me to help. Even if the whining and bitching in ooc never stops, well, the Ocean of Tears had to get filled up somehow.
Cidisius, 60 shaman
Neefin, 60 druid
Colt, 55 mage
Yawgmoth, 55 necro (Not always me!)
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