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Originally Posted by Vexenu
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The only thing more tired than the oft-repeated calls for a new PvP server are the chorus of replies about how, "LOL RED IS DEAD, PVP IN EQ IS UNBALANCED AND TOTAL FAIL U MORAN." Invariably the people saying this know nothing about the history of Red and have never played on any EQ PvP server, classic or emulated.
The reality is that EQ PvP is literally more balanced than EQ PvE. All classes have a niche in EQ PvP, an area in which they can excel. Hybrids are particularly effective, whereas on a Blue server they are basically a joke. Wizards are useful for more than raid kills. Druids are extremely good. When you factor in PvP + PvE together EverQuest reaches its highest level of immersion and class balance.
The strange thing is that EQ as played on P1999 PvE is inherently a PvP game: the content itself is never the challenge, the only challenge is beating other players to that content. So these Blue players who decry PvP are totally incoherent, because they are actively engaged in competition against other players. They are just competing indirectly rather than directly. The PvP players simply prefer their competition to be more direct and concrete.
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That might all be true, but for one reason or another no one is interested. Hell, look at WoW PvP. It's completely low-stakes, but people still chose to avoid those servers. Even the pops IN those servers usually avoid PvP. The only MMO that the PvP was the whole point is Eve Online in 0 security space where you have Corps and Alliances taking and hold space. (Warhammer made pvp a big part of it, but it's super dead)
You can promote PvP or Libertarians all you like, but we don't live in a culture that wants those things. And p1999 EQ PvP is a niche within a niche. You're better off trying to get family members on board than people already on PvE servers.