Blue 99, Where the cool kids are.

[Pheer]

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

item recharging, rotations, variance arent gimmicks? p99 once had a population of less than 100. should they have pulled the plug on it then?

p99 has had more than 100 since the day it released

[Jauna]

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

item recharging, rotations, variance arent gimmicks? p99 once had a population of less than 100. should they have pulled the plug on it then?

I am not sure when item recharging was nerfed/changed on live, but if it happened in this (classic/kunark) timeline I am pretty damn sure the Devs would of fixed it long ago. You not having it is not classic.

Rotations are forced, sucks but true. However if you (red server) gets an ample population and things get dominated by one guild for a long period of time then you too, may get it.

Was Variance shorted on Blue when rotations were put in? I took a break on Holloween 2013 to April 2014 and dont know for certain

When was Blue99 below 100? I started playing in 2011 and dont remember it being that small

[SamwiseRed]

i just dont get the point of an mmo without pvp. whether it be wow, eve, eq, daoc, ect. Especially in older games where the AI is terrible.

[Grubbz]

The ONLY time pvp was fun in eq, was back when the old bazaar had an arena.

[SamwiseRed]

on blue it isnt the more skilled or better prepared players that get the mob. its whoever has FTE or first to petition in some cases. killing mobs to get better gear to kill mobs is boring. getting better gear to help your guild vs another guild makes more sense.

[Jauna]

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

i just dont get the point of an mmo without pvp. whether it be wow, eve, eq, daoc, ect. Especially in older games where the AI is terrible.

... that depends on the game. Here you stack MR and become immune to most casters and auto attack your way to victory, or joust with a low delay weapon. And here you are vulnerable longer then other games which not alot of people like. in WoW if you eat/drink for 30 seconds you are good to go for another fight/ambush, here you gatta hide and med for 10 minutes minimum No opinion on daoc and eve. Plus corpse runs here. no bueno.

What separated the Red server from Blue99 before was just PvP (and being a couple of patches behind) and you had maybe 100-130 players during primetime while we had 1000-1200. But ever since they added exp bonuses, pvp level ranges, coin only... even you all have to admit your burst of popularity is mostly from the exp boost and Kunark stagnentnessery. I dont know if that was a word or not.

[SamwiseRed]

pvp servers have always been a fraction of the players on their blue counterparts. in a way the numbers are somewhat inflated because on blue you can afk for days and have little issues. on red afking will lead to death unless you are lucky.

stack MR and neglect the other resists and die quickly. MR really only messes with clerics and chanters altho chanters can still kill you with their other abilities. shamans, druids, wizards, and necros do not rely on MR based spells to kill.

[Jauna]

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

killing mobs to get better gear to kill mobs is boring.

PvE servers being more popular across most games proves this wrong. Few people want to play a game where someone has a chance to be oppressed, blocked out or grieved. I think there is only one pvp server still active on live while the rest were shut down/merged. Even in WoW one side becomes super dominant and players on the losing/less populated side leave server for something more balanced or fun, even if the servers in question are pve or pvp.

Even... even if... even if Teams99 came out next week and Red server players were merged I can guarantee you that one race/alignment/whatever it is will become dominant and everyone will either move to Blue99 or move to whatever side was dominant. I wish I was more knowledgeable about these forums so I can link a picture of Father Elijah from New Vegas and tell you all to learn to let go.

[SamwiseRed]

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

PvE servers being more popular across most games proves this wrong. Few people want to play a game where someone has a chance to be oppressed, blocked out or grieved. I think there is only one pvp server still active on live while the rest were shut down/merged. Even in WoW one side becomes super dominant and players on the losing/less populated side leave server for something more balanced or fun, even if the servers in question are pve or pvp.

Even... even if... even if Teams99 came out next week and Red server players were merged I can guarantee you that one race/alignment/whatever it is will become dominant and everyone will either move to Blue99 or move to whatever side was dominant. I wish I was more knowledgeable about these forums so I can link a picture of Father Elijah from New Vegas and tell you all to learn to let go.

didnt TMO run blue99 for 2 years and IB before that? there was nothing anyone could do about it except rule lawyer. you bring up wow but honestly that makes no sense because everything is instanced. not one side can block the other from content unless they figure out a way to hack into anothers instance (would be cool.) the accessability of epics via one guild running an MQ operation speaks volumes about how oppressive blue99 can be.

[Azure]

R99 is just like a small bonzai tree, it's perfectly trimmed how it is. It will grow into a bigger tree one day maybe. But right now it's just in it's own small little pot.