Red is awesome. I leveled up to 51 on blue pretty much solo the entire time. I've grouped from 1-52, and 1-47 on both my characters so far. Some weird hours of the day (post 3am EST until about midafternoonish) can be slower, but the server nightly is very active with a wide range of levels.
So far the most noticeable thing about red is how friendly people are when you are looking for XP. Everyone benefits from grouping, people go out of their way to meet up with groups and to stay with them for as long as possible. Yes there are griefers, but they aren't the majority of players here, they just happen to be the most vocal.
Pvp will happen. You will meet Mrbigs, the Unrest caretaker. <Knights Templar> in Mistmoore. They will kill you, but you can always move somewhere else, or log and come back in an hour when they have left. What's really funny about them is you can XP past their pvp range extremely quickly, also a full group of newbies can usually always run out a twink. Yes a few of you will die, maybe more than once, but they only destroy your group and cause everyone to log if people give up and get pissy about it.
People are also very friendly with helping you level. There are a lot of druids around that are willing to port newbies or help buff them for awhile. I personally try PLing in crushbone at least a few times a week, or whenever I pass through the area I'll see if anyone is Xping and would like some free mass pulls.
There isn't any reason to not try red. You can also box blue and red (one character per server) with the same account. Next time you are camping something on blue, sitting in EC, or on a waitlist for a group roll up a red character and play around.
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