What would it take for you to switch to Red99?

[Marmo]

Item loot, and 2boxing.

[batkiller]

I just don't think EQ is very good as a PVP game. I would bet that the majority of the population is casters, it surely can't be much fun leveling a cleric or rogue or warrior or something, all by yourself with the occasional gankers making it even harder.

I would maybe play if it had a population of around 1000, and lower xp rate. But it seems no fun to me because there is nobody to fight with and almost everyone is in a guild which to me, is pretty chicken... It's hardly FFA when everyone is guilded, more like group vs group, guild vs guild.

I'm going to play GW2 anyway, that will be fun for PVP.

p.s. It also has too many nasty people. Right from the start I saw a guild called Holocaust and knew it wasn't for me.

[Grahm]

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

I just don't think EQ is very good as a PVP game. I would bet that the majority of the population is casters, it surely can't be much fun leveling a cleric or rogue or warrior or something, all by yourself with the occasional gankers making it even harder.

I would maybe play if it had a population of around 1000, and lower xp rate. But it seems no fun to me because there is nobody to fight with and almost everyone is in a guild which to me, is pretty chicken... It's hardly FFA when everyone is guilded, more like group vs group, guild vs guild.

I'm going to play GW2 anyway, that will be fun for PVP.

p.s. It also has too many nasty people. Right from the start I saw a guild called Holocaust and knew it wasn't for me.

didnt read rest of thread before this post, but is this dog really askin for a 1000 person server and lower xp rates.......obvious troll is obvious

[Seaweedpimp]

I see alot of people complaining about the population. I agree, pop is low compared to blue. But imagine if there were that many players on red. Every zone would be a bloodfest. It would take 5x longer to exp from 1-50 as it does now, unless you are really really good at "pvp".

I joined red right as it supposivly lost most of its pop. When i started there were allmost exactly the same numbers as im used to when i play now. I will agree, it does sound hard to level from ZIP on a pvp server, without knowing anyone, but you will make friends. Just like you did on blue, you will meet others in your low levels, create bonds, and lean toward a certain guild.

There are a few lower end guilds out there that do nothing but group up and exp, but dont expect them to come to the other side of the world to help you fight off a pk'er like they would in nihilum or my guild, founding fathers.

Its kind of silly to watch dozens upon dozens of players complain about the pop when they dont log in atleast 3x per week. If you want the pop to grow, start playing!

While the pop is low, you will find players that will enjoy interacting with you, and will help you. Nobody that plays wants any less players. Its not a stale world. But if it hit 40 pop every day primetime it would kind of suck.

If we could just get 175 playes on, at prime times, every day, i promise you will have 100x the fun you would on blue. (unless you are an extremely casual player, not alot of playtime etc)

Try it. Roll something that can solo up to 20 (not that you will have too, but the low end pop is definately smaller than the mid-high end levels). In the time you get from 1-20 (definately easier than i had it 2 months ago leveling up with the new exp bonus that scales thru 1 - 50) you will hopefully meet a few players you enjoy playing with,have the same playtime etc, and you can enjoy this server like i have.

[casdegere]

I played it a tiny bit before it was officially released. Jack muffins camping spawn points and continuously harrowing 1st to 5th level players who just started. Um why? All you RED99 lovers continously harrass in the game and in the forums. You got your server aren't you happy?

[Silentone]

PVP was meant to be a tool in EQ to settle disputes over camps or loot, however on red99 people use to grief. I played from 1 to 43 on release, and quickly realized it was just a bad place to be. People racing to 50 so they can shit on people 42+ wasn’t what I imagined eq pvp to be about. Also with such a small population when you have 25 people who are complete asshats, that’s half your population, which means no consequence for acting like complete idiots.

[Mayhem2]

I would rather hammer my balls flat with a mallet.....

[Atmas]

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

PVP was meant to be a tool in EQ to settle disputes over camps or loot, however on red99 people use to grief. I played from 1 to 43 on release, and quickly realized it was just a bad place to be. People racing to 50 so they can shit on people 42+ wasn’t what I imagined eq pvp to be about. Also with such a small population when you have 25 people who are complete asshats, that’s half your population, which means no consequence for acting like complete idiots.

Pretty much my thoughts on the server.

I played nearly my whole live career on TZ and loved it. We PvPed for fun and for rights to spawns. On Red99 however, it seems like theer are just a ton of people who want to grief everyone else off the server. I'm not sure where the appeal comes for attacking a naked person on a CR.

The ruleset is also not very appealing and just seems to promote griefing.

[Destan]

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

Pretty much my thoughts on the server.

I played nearly my whole live career on TZ and loved it. We PvPed for fun and for rights to spawns. On Red99 however, it seems like theer are just a ton of people who want to grief everyone else off the server. I'm not sure where the appeal comes for attacking a naked person on a CR.

The ruleset is also not very appealing and just seems to promote griefing.

Inb4 someone from red comes in and claims you're silly bluebie who can't PvP because EQ is too hard.

Oh, and I agree with you. Red99 and EverQuest PvP at it's finest are two very different things.

[Supaskillz]

I doubt you find too many converts here. I think if more new people become interested p99 that r99 would be of interest to them in large part because the younger state of the server.

I btw play on both, but I mostly play on blue. Since its perfectly legal to "box" 1 character on each server I am surprised more people do not do like me and play a dude on red when doing something slow on blue.