Red dead or worth coming back?

[marie]

Team's 99 will be great, huge population for sure. Red will still be ok for ffa pvp. but teams will be way better, just the idea of a fresh new server. hopefully we can just one day call p99red the beta pvp server.

[Swish]

Even if you're just on red to pick up the PvP mechanics, what works, what doesn't...etc... worth rolling [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Dullah]

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

Red99 is what it is and likely will never grow beyond that. It's effectively a one guild server for end game content. There's a lot of finger pointing for why that is, some blame nihilum,
some the competition, some the staff, some the rules, some all of the above. If you're in nihilum you'll get gear, down dragons with little to no effort 99.9% of the time and do so until you burn out unless you're a neckbeard. If you join the opposition you'll likely bang your head against the wall accomplishing little. If you choose to just go FFA no allegiance you'll find little world pvp worth playing significant time here for. Every several months there's a one to two week period of mass pvp and excitement which usually quickly dies off.

Is the server fun? Sure, there's fun to be had and in a MMO you ultimately make your own fun. But I think few would honestly dispute that this server is even close to living up to the potential of an eq pvp server, which is why many look toward teams99 currently.

My advice? If you're here to relive end game content , give it a shot roll up and join nihilum. If you're here for the journey? Join blue. Here for exciting pvp? Wait till teams99.

True in a lot of ways, but not concerning t99.

Team server was the worst thing they could ever announce, and will continue to be the bane of R99 as long as the idea continues to exist. Prior to the announcement, r99 was peaking in the 200s on a daily basis for the first time ever. Its taken months and talks of velious to restore hope to the playerbase. Teams really offers nothing other than another server where the neckbeards will have an even greater advantage when they will roll 3+ characters, one for each team to dominate the competition as they would on an FFA server. Sure, it will be fun at first, but it will ultimately dry up soon as players get leveled up and find a lack of contested content to pvp over. With velious on both blue and red, teams99 would be destined for failure if launched prior to the completion of Velious content on both servers.

Pretty much the worst thing you could do is search for answers on these forums. Those who dwell here make up about 25% of the people that actually play, and 20% of those players are disgruntled members of the losing team or has-beens from a bygone era of internet gaming.

Log in, have fun and send tells to a few random members of Nihilum, Azrael and other smaller guilds for a more accurate survey.

[Smedy]

dullah leads by example with his 4 banned lvl 60th

clearly people like him isn't the reason red99 is shit, naw naw

i'll play both red and teams when it comes, probabbly gonna have to spend more time on teams tho cuz ain't much happening over on the red

[Mono-Tone]

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

do new ppl actually start on red? I figured it was just ppl so sad and lonely and 'pot committed' with their characters playtime they just can't stop playing.[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.][You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I started on red 54 and naked as a bard!

[filthyphil]

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

True in a lot of ways, but not concerning t99.

Team server was the worst thing they could ever announce, and will continue to be the bane of R99 as long as the idea continues to exist. Prior to the announcement, r99 was peaking in the 200s on a daily basis for the first time ever. Its taken months and talks of velious to restore hope to the playerbase. Teams really offers nothing other than another server where the neckbeards will have an even greater advantage when they will roll 3+ characters, one for each team to dominate the competition as they would on an FFA server. Sure, it will be fun at first, but it will ultimately dry up soon as players get leveled up and find a lack of contested content to pvp over. With velious on both blue and red, teams99 would be destined for failure if launched prior to the completion of Velious content on both servers.

Pretty much the worst thing you could do is search for answers on these forums. Those who dwell here make up about 25% of the people that actually play, and 20% of those players are disgruntled members of the losing team or has-beens from a bygone era of internet gaming.

Log in, have fun and send tells to a few random members of Nihilum, Azrael and other smaller guilds for a more accurate survey.

Lol where do you get these stats and numbers? we had 150 peak when teams was announced, the same as it has been since I started playing here in 2012. The only time the server touched 200 people this year was during blue down time.

PS: Nobody in Nihilum should be commenting on the health of the server.

[Sektor]

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

Lol where do you get these stats and numbers? we had 150 peak when teams was announced, the same as it has been since I started playing here in 2012. The only time the server touched 200 people this year was during blue down time.

PS: Nobody in Nihilum should be commenting on the health of the server.

I've been seeing between 150 to 185 on so far these past couple months

[Fawqueue]

I only recently decided to make a toon on Red for the change of pace. I will say it's been more enjoyable than blue has for a long time.

I think a big part of the Red experience is what you bring with you. I was here early on in the project when blue had similar population and problems. I don't expect Red to become the next p99 server to reach 900+ population. I went first-toon melee just as a challenge, and get rolled constantly by the endless supply of mid-level twinks. But regardless, it's been fun, I'm getting some experience with PvP, and I'll ride this momentum into teams99. So Red is worth the time in my opinion.

Not to mention SOMETHING will happen with these Red toons down the line. Whether it's getting rolled into teams, or a naked transfer to a server of choice, or even that slim chance that Red will beat out teams in battle for who has the most population. So it's not like playing here is a waste, you'll get to keep the toon one way or another.

[Gaffin']

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

I only recently decided to make a toon on Red for the change of pace. I will say it's been more enjoyable than blue has for a long time.

I think a big part of the Red experience is what you bring with you. I was here early on in the project when blue had similar population and problems. I don't expect Red to become the next p99 server to reach 900+ population. I went first-toon melee just as a challenge, and get rolled constantly by the endless supply of mid-level twinks. But regardless, it's been fun, I'm getting some experience with PvP, and I'll ride this momentum into teams99. So Red is worth the time in my opinion.

Not to mention SOMETHING will happen with these Red toons down the line. Whether it's getting rolled into teams, or a naked transfer to a server of choice, or even that slim chance that Red will beat out teams in battle for who has the most population. So it's not like playing here is a waste, you'll get to keep the toon one way or another.

Goodluck 52+ raid scene and people are toxic here, yeah its fun till then. Unless you play a solo class.

[Retti_]

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

Goodluck 52+ raid scene and people are toxic here, yeah its fun till then. Unless you play a solo class.

Quit at 51 hehe