Are the server's best days behind it?

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Originally Posted by Stasis01 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is a good PVE progression box and feels like live.

If you wanted a more PVP focused box you'd need boxing to allow people to port/buff etc and get to PVP, and you would need to make raid content easier so people can stay independent of the dominant guild and still progress to end game.

Won't happen on Red99, or at least for awhile because of drop rates and difficulty of the content.

Originally Posted by Gwynraven [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This is the exact definition of eqpvp.com , and yet none playing there atm :s

Both spot on.

However, EQ is a game where gear and stats make a huge difference. Even on EQPVP servers where the goal is to be "more pvp-centric" it always ends up being a big farm box. You can literally clear TOV with 15 people boxing, and that's what ends up happening. Does PvP happen? Yes, but it also happens on Red with much more encounters because of a much larger player base.

Red has the cleanest most progressed code base and so it will continue to reign. Accept the fact that EQ is a game where Loot is important. Whether you have a guild that can field 60 for a raid, or 20 for a raid, you are raiding and getting loot for advantages.

Basically deal with it. If you are bitter and sour over the server not playing out the way you hoped it would in your head, then it's time to move on.