EQ experience part 2 - End game choices?

[SamwiseRed]

been the same level for over a year. why would i level my port/pl bot?

wanna level him for me?

[Tradesonred]

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

red99 wasnt meant to be like rz. there are no antis. its zerg or die. red99 fun as hell until end game when you realize its not an esport of friendly competitiveness but take everything and kill everyone. i think if you never played live you'll enjoy red99 alot but the nostalgia ends quickly if you try to do big things here.

server thriving and getting new players but its the wrong type of new players. no leaders, only followers. i've leveled quite a bit with them and they are all cool people but noone here has the idea to start something or make a name for themselves from scratch. they see the shortest and probably the most logical path to BIS which is joining nilly.

That is the consequence of a low pop box, not really a player thing. If the devs wouldnt have reacted way too late on xp loss in pvp we might still have a 500+ box, which would make multiple guilds that do raid content viable. We might see a 500+ box again if server stays on course and they dont implement other terribad decisions without debating the pros and cons with the players first. Group xp bonus prime example of the good that can come with an exchange with the playerbase.

Im an anti personally, that is my natural fit. I just dont devote enough time to the game, but a twink guild to defend noobs in rags in unrest is on my to-do list if I ever get around to having more time to devote to EQ.

I mainly played here as an anti as well, with the same mentality i had on Rallos. Its not because youre an anti that you dont like pvp, you have people engaging you all the time so the "shitlist" fills up pretty quickly. Unfortunately it wasnt like this here for like 1.5 years or so because xp loss made it that most people didnt want to pvp unless they were on a gank train like holocaust. Yet another reason why i pushed for xp loss removal.

[SamwiseRed]

there is plenty of people to have 4-5 guilds right now. 30 is enough for everything. pop is pushing 250 at times. everyone is on velious alert and recruiting everyone with a pulse.

[Tradesonred]

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

there is plenty of people to have 4-5 guilds right now. 30 is enough for everything. pop is pushing 250 at times. everyone is on velious alert and recruiting everyone with a pulse.

Thats not going to be so easy though, its not like you can name 5 captains like in high school and have them draft 30 players each. I beleive in time other guilds can pop up if the population can rise steadily.

[heartbrand]

Static spawns / low pop / no dedicated neckbeards / velious = few guilds

[SamwiseRed]

i am sure there are more than 5 people capable of leading a guild here, its just convincing other players to join them and struggle vs join someone already winning and have it easy.

as far as the low pop thing. yes pop is low but 250 is pretty damn good. we are 1/3 to a 1/4 of the blue server at times but we have far less guilds. there is no casual option with leadership and even if there was, i am pretty sure the other 2 guilds would pick them clean or destroy them (see red dawn and all its previous forms.) non-neckbeard guilds do not last on here for whatever reason. maybe red99 is simply not meant for casuals.

[heartbrand]

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

red99 wasnt meant to be like rz. there are no antis. its zerg or die. red99 fun as hell until end game when you realize its not an esport of friendly competitiveness but take everything and kill everyone. i think if you never played live you'll enjoy red99 alot but the nostalgia ends quickly if you try to do big things here.

server thriving and getting new players but its the wrong type of new players. no leaders, only followers. i've leveled quite a bit with them and they are all cool people but noone here has the idea to start something or make a name for themselves from scratch. they see the shortest and probably the most logical path to BIS which is joining nilly.

i dont know where im going with this but look on blue. they have about 5 times the active population as us but 20 times the guilds. so many factions and clusters of players from casual to ec tunnel rat 24/7. red99 lacks this kind of diversity and it really makes me sad.

Variance on blue vs no variance on red. You can't win mobs on red without having at least 80% or so the pop of the top guild which tends to be in the mid to high 40's on avg. (yes you can snipe mobs here and there but that's not enough to keep most people logging on)

[SamwiseRed]

im still not set on variance being an option. maybe more freq full repops but even then i think either azrael or nilly would go out of their way to ensure some casual scum doesnt get ct or inny.

maybe velious is the answer for casual guilds but i wonder how it will be for pvp.

[Feniggles]

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

i am sure there are more than 5 people capable of leading a guild here, its just convincing other players to join them and struggle vs join someone already winning and have it easy.

as far as the low pop thing. yes pop is low but 250 is pretty damn good. we are 1/3 to a 1/4 of the blue server at times but we have far less guilds. there is no casual option with leadership and even if there was, i am pretty sure the other 2 guilds would pick them clean or destroy them (see red dawn and all its previous forms.) non-neckbeard guilds do not last on here for whatever reason. maybe red99 is simply not meant for casuals.

Azrael only one with a history of attempting to grief guilds off the server(Force, Red Dawn)

[SamwiseRed]

no nilly never griefed red dawn, never

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbLsc0pf610

now i know you are just trolling. you used to be so pleasant.