New to P99. Benefits of starting Blue vs Green?

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Hi all. Planning on starting on either Green vs Blue in the near future with a couple of friends. I’ve been lurking on the forums for a couple of days, and I’m wondering if anyone could help with some more insight into the state of the Blue server now that Green is live and on Kunark.

Are any new characters starting at this point with Blue? We are not that concerned with being on the bleeding edge of end-game content and raiding for first kills, etc., so would we benefit more from playing on Blue where it may be a little less competitive to camp certain dungeon mobs? And slightly easier to buy gear upgrades?

Or would we have difficulty filling out our group of 3 because green has a far more active player base?

At this point the events that I would’ve wanted to catch on a new progression server are passed, and I really like a lot of Velious for later game leveling, so is the population disparity really so significant that it wouldn’t make sense to start in Blue?

Also, random question but I’ve seen the guild name Venerate around on the forums. Any players from Venerate on Winters Roar/Shards of Dalaya?

Thanks for reading.