Will never play on Red as it is.
Reason 1 : FFA is a clear no, no. I simply cannot understand the drive to kill some player who asked nothing, was doing his camp annoying nobody and had no possibility to defend himself anyway. Yes this was my case. I had the unpleasant impression that the people who were killing me were insane if THAT was how they get their gaming pleasure.
Reason 2 : The people on Red were toxic. Not only toxic on ooc but toxic as in bent mind (see 1).
Reason 3 : The levelling is a grind in EQ by construction. On the red it is triple grind and as a premium you have to watch over your shoulder all the time to check if some grinning lunatic is not creeping behind your back.
The only way I see some PvP making sense in EQ is RvR or Team (like DAOC, TESO, Wow ....). The insanity seems to be easier to be supported when it is shared with a crowd having the same ennemy you have. On top it minimizes the most unpleasant experience which is to be PKed by a much stronger player who enjoys the school bully mentality. I could play Team PvP on EQ but never ever FFA.
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