Its time to go Red. Pop on the rise. Noobs protected. GM Events. Put your story here!

[Swish]

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

I worded that a little wrong. Xp for 8 days get 54.

I just logged in to check my monk as I'm sure I did to 52 quicker than that, but sadly the /played function broke at some point and has me at 325 days [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It is a lot quicker on red, and encourages grouping and making friends with others. On blue an iksar SK comes in and say "hai guys, room for another SK?" ...the response is usually one of "we have a tank, sorry". On red it's "come on in, XP for all".

Come to red, where there's no discrimination against race or class <3

[iruinedyourday]

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

It is a lot quicker on red, and encourages grouping and making friends with others. On blue an iksar SK comes in and say "hai guys, room for another SK?" ...the response is usually one of "we have a tank, sorry". On red it's "come on in, XP for all".

This is the truth. Red is all about fun. No strings attached. get on, grind, pvp a bit, have fun. Paladin, Sk, Bard, Ranger, Ranger, Shaman group? HELL YEA! I did one of these and got 10 levels in one day, sure it was 10-20 but that would never happen on blue.

Pvp is 100% not a threat, literately bind where you're grouping and you will not gaf, Ive gotten 2 rez's on xp deaths so far, you die you lol and you loot and then you get back to it. Its such a blast.

The other interesting thing is it is strangely MORE classic than blue, even with exp bonus. The reason for this it 'feels' classic, you are having so much fun. You're grouping with people wearing bronze armor or no armor at all, using fine steel weapons. Ugh its just so fun

The way I've been describing it is Blue is like math class, red is like recess.

[Glenzig]

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

This is the truth. Red is all about fun. No strings attached. get on, grind, pvp a bit, have fun. Paladin, Sk, Bard, Ranger, Ranger, Shaman group? HELL YEA! I did one of these and got 10 levels in one day, sure it was 10-20 but that would never happen on blue.

Pvp is 100% not a threat, literately bind where you're grouping and you will not gaf, Ive gotten 2 rez's on xp deaths so far, you die you lol and you loot and then you get back to it. Its such a blast.

The other interesting thing is it is strangely MORE classic than blue, even with exp bonus. The reason for this it 'feels' classic, you are having so much fun. You're grouping with people wearing bronze armor or no armor at all, using fine steel weapons. Ugh its just so fun

The way I've been describing it is Blue is like math class, red is like recess.

Finally converted huh? Why did you hold out so long?

[iruinedyourday]

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

Finally converted huh? Why did you hold out so long?

I just thought it was gonna be a slog, I was like man I dont want to level another toon with no gear that's going to suck!

I was wrong, dead wrong.

If leveling is keeping you off red dont let it.

If fear of people trolling you and just ruining your day, dont let it. the first time someone even looted my plat after many pvp kills was at like level 45.

If fear of toxic people is keeping you away from red, dont because there are less of them than there are of nice ones.

Oh the other lol and classic feel about red is, nobody has any idea what they are doing pve. Pug groups are like herding cats, its SO CLASSIC!

[Swish]

Also I should say that if you're PvP shy, not informed on PvP mechanics, or want to ease yourself in slowly... roll a cleric.

The old EQ saying, "you can never have too many clerics" applies on red as well.

[feanan]

You guys should start a new thread, since the title of this one is a lie.

Here, I'll write it for you.

Red population on decline, blue exploding due to velious. Come play...pretty please?

[Swish]

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

You guys should start a new thread, since the title of this one is a lie.

Derubael isn't a liar, take that back.

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[FranktheBank]

I have been wanting to try red because; the xp boost, the ability to deal with trolls on my own, and most importantly the increased things to do at endgame (when raid targets are down).

My biggest hurdles; 1) I've always been on the ground floor of server/game releases, so there isn't a tremendous amount of people higher level/better geared than me (aka I'm scared) 2) That I won't be proficient at PVPing with my class enough to not get rolled by people (aka I might be bad) 3) I love epics and I want to have one eventually, but some of them are ridiculous to get and doesn't velious negate the need for a few? (aka I'm dumb?)

I will try rolling a character this weekend I guess.

[Swish]

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

I have been wanting to try red because; the xp boost, the ability to deal with trolls on my own, and most importantly the increased things to do at endgame (when raid targets are down).

My biggest hurdles;

1) I've always been on the ground floor of server/game releases, so there isn't a tremendous amount of people higher level/better geared than me (aka I'm scared)

2) That I won't be proficient at PVPing with my class enough to not get rolled by people (aka I might be bad)

3) I love epics and I want to have one eventually, but some of them are ridiculous to get and doesn't velious negate the need for a few? (aka I'm dumb?)

I will try rolling a character this weekend I guess.

It's a steeper learning curve if you have no EQ pvp experience but you'll soon learn a lot more about the class you choose after a handful of fights (what works, what doesn't, what gets resisted)... and beyond that you'll start spotting patterns of behavior.

If you're playing an int caster, definitely get some int gear (both for pve leveling and pvp), same for wis casters... your mana pool is important.

Also important, get some HP rings!

Then it's just a matter of practice, lots of it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Your first pvp kill will have your heart racing [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]