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[Rastignac]

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

I loved "world pvp" in WoW. Not duels or arenas or battlegrounds, but just encountering players out and about in the world and fighting with them, or not fighting with them, or wondering if they were going to fight with me or not fight with me. Like someone said, that added layer of "am I safe?" when 90% of the time you were.

That being said, how does EQ pvp compare? I know literally nothing about it, but I don't see how any melee character could compare to a caster in this game. I'm sure there are ways, but I just don't know them. Also what are the rules? What does loot and scoot mean? What keeps a group member from randomly turning on the rest of their group? Are there level restrictions? Is it a free for all or is there some sort of faction/structure? Do you lose XP when you die in pvp? Or items or anything?

I'll try red. It's free. Why not? But I sure could use some more information on what exactly is going on in EQ pvp.

This deserves a good answer, because there are good answers to all of these questions. Unfortunately I'm crunched at work right now.

[Hitachi]

red has been fun so far

[iruinedyourday]

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

This deserves a good answer, because there are good answers to all of these questions. Unfortunately I'm crunched at work right now.

That being said, how does EQ pvp compare? I know literally nothing about it.

The pvp has a lot of varriations to it. It can be a gank fest, where you see a name in the zone you're xping in and you have htat feeling 'oh shit im going to see some pvp becuse I know im in range' and then BAM some wizard just starts nuking you.

It can be group v group where your group fights another group of people, or group v 1 like you have a small group of pals porting around looking for people in range to engange. or 1 prerson doing that etc.

it can be mass pvp, where there is all kinds of shit going crazy all over the place and you just look for people to hit or follow assist calls from your leaders.


I don't see how any melee character could compare to a caster in this game.

melee's actually do quite well against casters if they are clever. there are lots of "tricks" that you can use as you get more experienced to dodge spells.

A melee has a big advantage indoors vs out doors. in mass pvp a melee usually can get more kills too becuse you dont have to worry about mana and you can duck in and out of the fight.

Also what are the rules? What does loot and scoot mean?? Are there level restrictions? Is it a free for all or is there some sort of faction/structure?

rules are 5 level range (level 56 can hit a 60 but level 55 cannot) no factions, just your pals vs your "less" pals or strangers. Loot and scoot is designed so if a player doesnt want to pvp and wants to just get his corpse they can call LNS and they must be allowed to loot thier corpse, and must 'scoot' from the zone and not return for like 1hr.. idk ive never called it.. ok i didt once like my first week but i felt dirty afterwords.

What keeps a group member from randomly turning on the rest of their group?

Just honor and respect i guess... if you are being a jack off and are OOR to me and I can port you can bet im going to cast port, kick everyone from the group and drop you off in tox if i can [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Do you lose XP when you die in pvp? Or items or anything?

nope! just self respect.

[Rastignac]

you can lose your plat - leading many to keep larger sums in Elf Leaf, rubies, etc. Just a small example of the type of cool little things that give red spice.

[iruinedyourday]

oh yea hehe

[Seltius]

Thank you Iruinedyourday that was a very good post about Red99 pvp. I would like to add somethings that not everyone will know.
*If you die on Red yes they can coin you but you do not lose xp unless it is a pve death. *The thing to remember is if able you should bind near where your going to be. Not right there at it but near a zoneline or out of the way place.
*Do not carry coins if possible. Convert any coins to gems asap. Only coin can be looted not items.
*Have fun! You are going to get pvpd you may win or you may lose but try to enjoy it. *Try to learn from the experience.

[Seltius]

Thank you Rastignac.

I will tell you a secret.

You can never go wrong with Peridots.

Also 46-47 Rubies=a Bag of the Tinkerer


Gems lose very little in conversion. Though they do lose some its nowhere near what you would lose if coined

[iruinedyourday]

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

Red was a lot better the before the assholes in both Empire and TMO came in and destroyed the server by buying red Plat with blue, creating an influx of bullshit twinked chars that cut a swathe through those that started fresh.

Now I'm just waiting for discord and a team PvP server. Both blue and red are pretty garbage now.

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[Champion_Standing]

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

Red was a lot better the before the assholes in both Empire and TMO came in and destroyed the server by buying red Plat with blue, creating an influx of bullshit twinked chars that cut a swathe through those that started fresh.

Now I'm just waiting for discord and a team PvP server. Both blue and red are pretty garbage now.

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[Xaanka]

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

Red was a lot better the before the assholes in both Empire and TMO came in and destroyed the server by buying red Plat with blue, creating an influx of bullshit twinked chars that cut a swathe through those that started fresh.

Now I'm just waiting for discord and a team PvP server. Both blue and red are pretty garbage now.

maybe don't level in crush bones