Red is great. I never considered blue on P99 but played blue very briefly on live before being convinced to move to red. Once you get used to the player conflict you will wonder how you were ever entertained without it.
With that said... I started on red99 recently and as I said, never considered blue.
The population is very concentrated into specific areas, and peak play times. If you play off peak or don't travel to the popular spots, you will be soloing usually.
As for PvP engagements. Being undergeared as I am, I have only had a handful. Of that handful, a couple were twinked to the point that I couldn't have put up a fight.
I had one experience that annoyed me a little. I couldn't resist the guy's clinging darkness because my resists were so low, and he was landing hits for 130+ melee on my 600 health. I took my death, tried to go back and as soon as I looted my corpse he started after me again. I got away from him because he was honestly a horrible player despite his gear and just moved to another area.
Aside from that, I have fought some others who were closer fights. They were fun, but it is going to take some time to get used to this game again to the point where I feel adequate in pvp again. The other players have been universally decent people. Including providing a rez to compensate for an XP death, and buffs.
And some of the "trollish" pvp people have proven to be pretty decent. If you aren't in range they are actually good people who are willing to help you. If you are in range though they will fight you. Who would think... its a pvp server, right?
I think when you get over the idea that the pvp is just for fun and all the other characters are people having fun... you will have fun. Yeah, there are some real idiots, and honestly if you watch global /ooc you will get a negative perception to the server population, but they are a vocal minority.
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