I've noticed the same on pretty much every UO and EQ private server. The devs that are active enough to run a successful pvp server tend to cater to the hardest of core players. They talk to and get feedback from their poopsockers, and think those guys know what's best for the server.
The flaw in that is it has no place for new players. Poopsockers are already established, have guilds, and aren't interested in making it easier than what they had, which is a fallacy since when they were leveling they didn't get griefed by twinks. So new players have tons of obstacles to overcome and have to do it in a toxic environment where the establishment is deaf to their feedback.
There's so much content you're often locked out of as a new player that it's hard to invest the kind of grinding these old school style games demand. Yes, you can try to join the dominant guilds on the server and suckle at their teats, but that goes against why most of us are interested in red servers to begin with.
We're interested in rolling with some of our bros, having a shot at decent loot, and being fairly competitive gear-wise with the rest of the server. We're not interested in fucking DKP or giant assed Zerg guilds... That's bluebie shit... Fuck off with that noise.
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