I'm New, Raid Questions

[Fanguru]

With 3 hours a day in the evening you can join any guild except Rampage and maybe Forsaken (afaik). There is no minimum attendance requirement.
Just be aware that a lot of raid mobs pop during different 16 hours windows. If your 3 hours overlap with one of those windows, you can join for that raid. You just need to get lucky and the mob pops at the right time for you.

As bktroost mentioned, some guilds also schedule fixed hours raids for plane clears, juggs spell farming, Velious faction farming or armor runs in ToV.
Note that the best gear does not drop from any of those scheduled raids.

[Pyrion]

You only need raid gear for more raids. So if you do not want to raid, you do not need to.

I don't like raids, but i do like groups. I am happy that way.

[maskedmelon]

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

I've never played EverQuest. I'm the type of player that likes to be able to do everything.

Consider red! There are no ridiculous sets of player defined rules to learn and a much leaner server pop means you have overwhelmingly better access to targets ^^ Its not filled with griefers and trolls as some would have you believe ^^ Also the experience is much closer to Classic Everquest, but a bit expedited given the xp bonus. Give it a try ^^ and message a member of Thunderdome for a stable supply of leveling pals and valuable insight to getting started on red ^^

[bktroost]

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

Consider red! There are no ridiculous sets of player defined rules to learn and a much leaner server pop means you have overwhelmingly better access to targets ^^ Its not filled with griefers and trolls as some would have you believe ^^ Also the experience is much closer to Classic Everquest, but a bit expedited given the xp bonus. Give it a try ^^ and message a member of Thunderdome for a stable supply of leveling pals and valuable insight to getting started on red ^^

as long as you don't mind perpetual usage of "pras" and literally endless streams of people smack talking each other in zones you are nowhere near over incidents you have 0 involvement in and likely about people you will never meet.

Global chat isn't bad, the people who fill it with such inane content are. The community on red isn't as "toxic" as people think, it's just incredibly immature.

That said, I have a character there and removed chat windows. It's like having a server with more npcs that are randomly hostile.

[simp403]

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

Global chat isn't bad, the people who fill it with such inane content are. The community on red isn't as "toxic" as people think, it's just incredibly immature.

That said, I have a character there and removed chat windows. It's like having a server with more npcs that are randomly hostile.

Global OOC is like reality television. It's entertaining in a "wtf" kind of way. As such, it is best enjoyed in small doses. Create another chat box, filter all OOC to it, then make it as small as possible and store it in some rarely visited corner of the screen.

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

People on red instantly backstab you for a yellow text the first chance they get. And force LNS for bragging rights. The whole server promotes griefing and trolls, especially in global.

I have not personally run into this with the exception of the more mentally challenged players like Squeek and Libertarian. I did have some dude start attacking me once, but I sent him a tell saying "that is not nice" and he stopped (I don't expect this to work in a majority of cases). I don't doubt that there are some on the server who will backstab you, though, but it's not a frequent occurrence.

Learn to abuse the fuck out of the zone line and talk shit while doing so. It's the absolute best defense against twinks and assholes while you're leveling and if you have an SSD, there is pretty much nothing they can do about it. You do this by zoning out and sitting on the other side waiting for them to zone out with you. When you see their character load in, you just zone back in and repeat the process on the other side of the zone line. Make sure you send them messages like "stop being poor and buy a better computer" or "you suck at zoning". "hahaha you suck" is also appropriate.

[Sancta]

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

Consider red! There are no ridiculous sets of player defined rules to learn and a much leaner server pop means you have overwhelmingly better access to targets ^^ Its not filled with griefers and trolls as some would have you believe ^^ Also the experience is much closer to Classic Everquest, but a bit expedited given the xp bonus. Give it a try ^^ and message a member of Thunderdome for a stable supply of leveling pals and valuable insight to getting started on red ^^

I understand why you lie, you want more people on red.

People on red instantly backstab you for a yellow text the first chance they get. And force LNS for bragging rights. The whole server promotes griefing and trolls, especially in global.

[maskedmelon]

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

I understand why you lie, you want more people on red.

People on red instantly backstab you for a yellow text the first chance they get. And force LNS for bragging rights. The whole server promotes griefing and trolls, especially in global.

No lies here bub. I am just sharing my experiences because I am so happy I found my classic and I would not have tried red if it hadn't been for peeps advertising it like Swish. I know there are plenty others out there who woukd love what red has to offer, but are hesitant because of anti-red propaganda like what you are saying. What you describe is entirely non-representative of the red I know.

I suspect you've not played on red at all, or if you did it was some time ago (before I rolled there). I am sure there are peeps who will do what you say, but there are peeps on blue who would do the same. I've just been fortunate to meet such people on neither server. Whatever your choices are, your attitude is what determines the outcome. If you make a mistake, learn from it ^^ Don't blame society at large for your misfortunes ^^

Cheer up ^^

[jcr4990]

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

No lies here bub. I am just sharing my experiences because I am so happy I found my classic and I would not have tried red if it hadn't been for peeps advertising it like Swish. I know there are plenty others out there who woukd love what red has to offer, but are hesitant because of anti-red propaganda like what you are saying. What you describe is entirely non-representative of the red I know.

I suspect you've not played on red at all, or if you did it was some time ago (before I rolled there). I am sure there are peeps who will do what you say, but there are peeps on blue who would do the same. I've just been fortunate to meet such people on neither server. Whatever your choices are, your attitude is what determines the outcome. If you make a mistake, learn from it ^^ Don't blame society at large for your misfortunes ^^

Cheer up ^^

What about people that tried Red and leveled to 56 and realized it's a 1 guild playground and no real pvp or contesting over raid targets ever happens? Or if it does its an extremely rare event. Server is poop. Wipe it clean and/or bring on Teams99. Red too topheavy and dominated by the same group of neckbeards for years and that's very unlikely to ever change at this rate.

[simp403]

Originally Posted by jcr4990 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What about people that tried Red and leveled to 56 and realized it's a 1 guild playground and no real pvp or contesting over raid targets ever happens? Or if it does its an extremely rare event. Server is poop. Wipe it clean and/or bring on Teams99. Red too topheavy and dominated by the same group of neckbeards for years and that's very unlikely to ever change at this rate.

This is my major qualm about Red. It would be a lot better if there were more guilds in end content that weren't just one massive zerg. TMO is there, but it still cant field the nearly same numbers as Empire does. All Empire has to do is roll over and let its folds of fat do all the work.

[maskedmelon]

Originally Posted by jcr4990 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What about people that tried Red and leveled to 56 and realized it's a 1 guild playground and no real pvp or contesting over raid targets ever happens? Or if it does its an extremely rare event. Server is poop. Wipe it clean and/or bring on Teams99. Red too topheavy and dominated by the same group of neckbeards for years and that's very unlikely to ever change at this rate.

Not really sure quitters ought compete D: ^^My posts addressed OPs question. Red certainly caters to a variety of audiences. There are peeps there for the classic (me!) peeps there for competition, peeps there for loots, peeps there for alts and peeps there to be annoying among other things.

I've only been there 2 months, but fail to understand those who bemoan a lack of competition while refusing to compete themselves. Having a behemoth like Empire as an adversary is a much more challenging and exciting adversary than a bunch of smaller guilds you can steam roll. Those who refuse to take up the fight have already lost it. Empire's dominance is not immutable. It will just require tremendous, sustained and coordinated effort to unseat ^^