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Originally Posted by Quizlop
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I think there is one major factor that a lot of the people that continue to promote red are missing: the vast majority of Everquest players simply do not like the idea of PvP at all, at any time, for any reason.
You can offer as many incentives, and try to sugarcoat Red as much as you want, but you won't change the fundamental problem that most EQ players have with red: Player versus Player combat. You can try to compare direct PvP to all the various forms of ineraction (camp disputes, FTE races, etc.) but to so many players the idea of another player attacking them directly, without their consent, is so appaling that they simply aren't interested at all.
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I was right there with you two weeks ago. A week ago today I started trying to convince all my friends to start on Red, and they all felt the same way that you do. Each one of us has been pleasantly surprised how much we actually like the server (so far).
For several years I shied away from Red, not only because of the PvP aspect of it, but also because of all the negativity I saw from Blue players, who I assumed had tried Red, but in retrospect probably didn't. How "good" a server is is completely subjective. Those people who bash Red are driving away potential players with stories that are not representative of the server as a whole. Imagine if someone was wronged on Blue, and then trashed Blue every time someone said something remotely positive about the server - this is what goes on with Red almost every single day.
I'm not saying Red is for everyone. I had a "bring-your-own-group" mentality, and being able to get camps anytime of the day, that are highly contested on Blue, is really appealing to us. As I've mentioned before, the positivity I have seen coming from complete strangers on Red goes far beyond that of anything I've seen on Blue.