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[Plaidpants]

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

Play on red99 server for real classic experience and some extra spice.

Blue server full of pansys and ita not classic anyways, it is kunark expansion

Can someone shed some light on this? Is this true? Or some red server guy trying to poach some players? Obviously Red doesn't have classic.. but I just returned from a year break from this and trying to decide which to play on. Don't want to start leveling on red if the server dwindles down below 200 players consistently after awhile.

[Daefuin]

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

Can someone shed some light on this? Is this true? Or some red server guy trying to poach some players? Obviously Red doesn't have classic.. but I just returned from a year break from this and trying to decide which to play on. Don't want to start leveling on red if the server dwindles down below 200 players consistently after awhile.

Classic = No expansions
Kunark = Expansion

Blue has kunark = not classic
Red has no expansions = classic

Populations are pretty even between the servers, one can have more than the other at a given time.

Red will eventually have kunark, but until that time it is the classic.

Also, blue sucks because it has no pvp, no additional spice to the gameplay.

[Plaidpants]

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

Classic = No expansions
Kunark = Expansion

Blue has kunark = not classic
Red has no expansions = classic

Populations are pretty even between the servers, one can have more than the other at a given time.

Red will eventually have kunark, but until that time it is the classic.

Also, blue sucks because it has no pvp, no additional spice to the gameplay.

I'm not sure that makes it "suck" - I never got very far in EQ originally - otherwise it might be a fun idea. But I'm sure I'll have a hard enough time on the regular server as it is trying to hit max level.

Do you think the red population will die off after the newness wears off?

[Vondra]

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

I'm not sure that makes it "suck" - I never got very far in EQ originally - otherwise it might be a fun idea. But I'm sure I'll have a hard enough time on the regular server as it is trying to hit max level.

Do you think the red population will die off after the newness wears off?

I would expect it to go down a bit from what it is currently, but I don't think it will die off.

Alot of people had been looking forward to it for a long time, so as long as it is managed well I would figure on it getting scattered new players that hear about it and want to try EQ pvp on a decent emu to replace the random people that leave...at least to a reasonable degree.

Bottom line would be that if you want to try EQ pvp then have at it.

[Orruar]

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

Populations are pretty even between the servers, one can have more than the other at a given time.

Pretty sure that's a lie. I have not once seen the population of the red server higher than the blue. Typically, blue is about 100 higher than red. I expect that when epics release, and the newness of red wears off, blue will be double what red has, maybe more.

[Plaidpants]

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

Pretty sure that's a lie. I have not once seen the population of the red server higher than the blue. Typically, blue is about 100 higher than red. I expect that when epics release, and the newness of red wears off, blue will be double what red has, maybe more.

That's what I've seen as well - and I'm thinking that will be the case. Very hesitant to spent too much time there.

[mwatt]

Red99 is NOT the classic EQ experience. The only faint basis for a claim that can be made is because the Kunark expansion is not yet present on Red99. In every other way, the PVP game is so not representative of what EQ is all about. It's like a bizzaro EQ if anything. For some, it is ok in it's own right, but it sure as hell is not "classic EQ". It is however, full of people who like to call blue players "pansies" and other similar derogatory names. This is a good example of the kind of mindset on that server. It is primarily confrontational between players, while the real, original EQ was designed for cooperative play.


It is true that the "Blue" classic server already has Kunark, but it is pretty much merely an extension of what the world was before Kunark was released. Essentially the world got bigger, new items were added, a new race was added and the level cap went up a bit. A few changes were also made to some gameplay mechanics to also match up with what was done in the original EQ for the Kunark timeframe. Very much the classic experience. You can still choose to play exclusively in the old original world if you like.