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Old 10-20-2014, 08:11 PM
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Old 10-20-2014, 10:47 PM
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Old 10-21-2014, 10:41 AM
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You should offer free power leveling for newbs coming over from blue. Once you get to level 20 or so the game really opens up and you can find more groups.
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Old 10-21-2014, 10:50 AM
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Old 10-21-2014, 11:01 AM
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I don't always play Everquest, but when I do it's on Red.
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Old 10-21-2014, 11:08 AM
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It's hard to even get mad at these threads, because Red is just that sad.

On the bright side, every sucker you draw to red, even for a few days, makes blue less crowded.

truth...i'd be just as happy if red had the 1k population, and i was in the minority playing on blue.

the majority of people just don't like or care for pvp. period.
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Old 10-21-2014, 12:01 PM
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No shame in anonymously rolling on red and seeing the xp bonus first hand just to try it.

Has it been mentioned enough people on blue gladly trade their blue plat for red plat at 3 times the value (yes if you get 30k on red you can trade it for 90k blue)? If you started with a group of 6 pals (you can 2box red while you CoH duck or whatever you do) you'd get 51 in probably 2 weeks of pretty minimal effort.

On PvP: I haven't seen 1 group griefed by pvp twinks in Kurns or upper guk. You level out of the range of these people very quickly too, leaving them foaming at the mouth and targetless as you sail into the sweet open camps. There are people who will help new players with ports and binds. Loot and scoot is in effect and is taken seriously, no one can corpse camp you on red anymore (provided you ask for LNS in global ooc and don't talk shit the entire time you're getting your corpse and actually SCOOT from the zone for an hour after looting). The pvp range is 4 levels across the board which is a huge improvement for new players, I cannot stress enough how good of a change this is.


Merkk has finally taken the bait and come over. I'm sure he was very anti red to start. However, the exact same items drop on red, the exact same mobs spawn. If you've never seen half of the dragons regularly, you will see them on red... during prime time.. on time every Sunday while you watch football. I also haven't seen a single item get guild banked when someone on the raid could use it or go to an alt over a main.

Jeremy is another, probably perfect example of what is in store for a (experienced) blue player coming to red. He started out coming to fight the Cancerlord Nizzar which was probably his only motivation and that he was SICK of the blue raid scene. When he started up he asked tons of questions about everything pvp related. He was probably surprised that we often formed groups that didn't always have a cleric/enchanter or otherwise tackled content with the least optimal setup possible (read: actually playing EverQuest). Today? He's got his robe of azure sky on his monk and has tasted more excitement than he ever would have on blue. He's also come to be pretty damn strong on his monk in pvp. It seemed like yesterday he was full of pvp questions on his bard he started up not even carrying pumice stones. My how that all changes if you actually give it a shot. Recently, he yt'd me with a t-staff proc in CoM.. I've never been more proud of someone who took the dive and tried EQ pvp tbh and I hope more people like him come over to both sides of the current war going on.

If you need proof that THE VERY SAME mobs spawn on red and aren't held down by 24-7 neckbearders, go check Verina Tomb's spawn on red... she's often up. That has been locked down since its inception on blue. Vox and Naggy basically just chill in their lairs all day because people are too busy pvping or actually camping the items (in open camps) at the higher end.

Prior to LNS/PnP policy, 4 level range, removal of xp loss on death, "various issues" with previous staff and Haynar tackling issues we've needed since day 1, I can't say this server would have been anything good for a person new to EQ pvp. Things have changed dramatically, it is basically a new server and enough is done to prevent grief without also preventing pvp.
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Old 10-21-2014, 12:28 PM
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Old 10-21-2014, 02:03 PM
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Should play here, it's fun times.

Get to fight over shit, adds different element.

Just turn off ooc, roll with pals. Group exp is pretty swell. Twinks you'll surpass in level range with one day's effort.

Most people that give it a real try to higher level brackets never go back to blue from what I've seen. Just gotta get creative with where you level if twinks are trying to eff you. They're really only in Unrest, MM and CoM.

If you all just wanna kiss on the lips now and get it over with, let me know.
I am one of these people, I just hit 60 yesterday on my cleric (been on server for about a month and a half,) and I've only been griefed once. Rolling around with my guild and dodging all the holocaust is insanely fun and the fights we've had are great too.

Red adds an entire new challenge to the game. Honestly most of the people I've met here are cool if you can keep from getting upset about dying.
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Old 10-21-2014, 09:49 PM
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It would be kind of interesting if a whole blue guild picked up and went to Red to give it a shot. Numbers tend to mean more than anything else, so they'd definitely be a force to reckon with.

Their acumen in PvP would be terrible and they'd die a lot at first, but over time they'd pick up on stuff and become adept at it.

The OP is mostly rooted in that sentiment - that there's a massive amount of the server that's under utilized.

New players have every chance to clear hate and fear and sky because most guilds are busy with other stuff. It wouldn't even be that difficult to gear up. It's not even that hard to farm a VP key.

Whatevs though, it's a thought. Most people don't enjoy PvP, that's cool. Admittedly, most of you haven't tried PvP the way it operates at higher levels - but I get it.

It's pretty fun doing 30v30's for VS. No rotations, just strategy and winning to get the prizes.

Nirgon makes an excellent point about Edward. Nihilum held down the server and its veterans had alt SK's with epics, alt wizards with epics, alt rangers with epics, etc, and they were just able to pick and choose the class they wanted to play each day. And sometimes the other guild got the VP dragons.

I doubt most people on blue are even capable of acquiring that amount of pixels. It's not meant to be a pitch, it's just a different environment with such a low population. Lots of people have PD loots.

It's a challenge. TRY IT OUT FRIENDS
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