I just started playing on red because I got bored with blue. Played blue off and on for over 2 years. Have a 53 monk, 52 chanter and 45 ranger. The others are all below 25.
Loot seems more appreciated on red. Had a group where 3 different people needed small bronze gloves. That would never happen on blue, they would rot or be VTed.
I'm not super into pvp yet but it seems fun. I have had a few encounters so far and lost all of them. I've never been ready for it
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Even though I was beaten it was still a thrill and I don't experience that on blue.
I work a full time job, my play time is pretty solid but I don't have to time to sit in Neriak for VT for my ench epic. I can't be on call for bat phones to kill dragons. Red seems like a place where I would still be able to get epic/dragon loot while not having it hinder my RL. I was able to get sky loot on blue b/c that is scheduled, but that is it. Everything else I have was bought or I solo camped.
I don't even bother to go to MM/unrest on blue. On red the only threat there is griefers and I found them pretty easy to avoid (plus you out-level them quickly). Sometimes I will check lguk w/ an alt to see how many people are in the zone, but usually what I want is camped and I've been checking it less and less.
So far this server is fun.