Open Question to Blue's "Competitive" Raiders

[kotton05]

Poop socking lets you stay on your character. Being corpse camped or zone camped on red means you can't play at all due to a sociopath poopsocking you. red solves a lot of personal issue by grief.

[derpcake]

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

You must be one of those upstanding citizens I was speaking about. Poor, uneducated, drug addict, with no critical thinking skills. I don't play here anymore either. I'm a Phinny casual. Currently enjoying instanced, drama free PoP. Anything else you want to embarrass yourself with?

you sure aren't a loser thats quick to anger due to pent up frustration

i don't play EQ, but I'm happy to see there are still angry nerds that think they are the bigger man because playing on phinny, or whatever

thx for the entertainment and stay mad

[Expediency]

The number of "try red" posts lately is higher than the actual number of players on red. You guys are really desperate.

[Swish]

Originally Posted by kotton05 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Being corpse camped or zone camped on red means you can't play at all due to a sociopath poopsocking you. red solves a lot of personal issue by grief.

Happened to me once since 2012, and it was pre "Loot and scoot"...announce LNS in OOC and you're free to loot your corpse and leave the zone. If the killer wants to ignore that they risk a suspension/ban.

So another perceived "peril" of red blown out of the water, come on down.

[Expediency]

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

Happened to me once since 2012, and it was pre "Loot and scoot"...announce LNS in OOC and you're free to loot your corpse and leave the zone. If the killer wants to ignore that they risk a suspension/ban.

So another perceived "peril" of red blown out of the water, come on down.

Thats quite a sanitized description. Here is a more accurate representation:

1. Roll a char, solo to teens because nobody plays red
2. Enter a common exp zone, hoping to find another soul, and finally get a duo.
3. Your duo is griefed by a char who had four years to gather equipment. If you are lucky he kills you, if unlucky you are rooted so a mob kills you
4. Either get your corpse camped, or skip this step and go to #5
5. Declare LNS in ooc, get mocked.

[kotton05]

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

Happened to me once since 2012, and it was pre "Loot and scoot"...announce LNS in OOC and you're free to loot your corpse and leave the zone. If the killer wants to ignore that they risk a suspension/ban.

So another perceived "peril" of red blown out of the water, come on down.

I had it happen a lot. Depends on what you're trying to achieve

Another thing is the guy with an account full of sk waiting to just log in and trim / by your mistmoore group. Don't get me wrong swish I enjoyed all of it

[kotton05]

Trim = harm touch thanks iphone

[Lhancelot]

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

I've raided blue. It's really not fun at all. It's a handful of super hardcore people that don't work or work from home. They're either streaming with Google Hangouts for other "watchers" to scream into an wakeup channel or their standing at a starting line to foot race. The footrace competition is only between a handful of these hardcore's, mostly the same ones every mob,and usually officers, leaders, and obviously the top DKP guys.

Once a dragon is up the batphones and wakeup channel get hit. You literally have minutes to show up before the raid target is dead. This means already at your computer usually and if you aren't already in position or have multiple max level toons to split positions, it ain't happening. It's a real bitch to be honest.

If you're able to participate in the "tracking" activities and kill some mobs your getting good DKP (tracking is worth X multiplier of points). Then you have to bid against the hardcore's with tons of alts. Mobs have wild variance on top of all that, so statistically it's almost impossible to get something considered good - best in slot.

...Then there is the price inflation and over camping of tradeables and non raid camps. Good luck.

I've been trying red. It's got a very hostile ooc with people that have been maxed out fighting each other for ever and have tons of resentment for one another. There's absolutely NO low level population. I'm not sure if they even get new people up, or if it's just cycles of alt twinks. I've been having to solo in empty zones my entire stay so far. There isn't even a market for gear.

My exact sentiment. I am not familiar with how red works, but everything you speak of concerning blue is how I perceive raiding here.

It's disappointing no doubt, and what I did once I became jaded with the raid scene was create new toons and level them doing things I missed on older toons. Now I do solo and grouping in lower levels, and hope to continue my soloing in higher levels, trying more challenging zones that I never been to.

I personally don't see how the raid scene on blue is fulfilling to the fringe raiders which is probably 90% of the raiders.

The 10% are hardcores that run and organize the raid guilds and as such they are the ones getting the majority of the pixels whether it's their mains or any one of their personal army of alts.

After about 2 months of seeing this process in action I understood raiding on blue wasn't for me. The level of greed astounded me, especially considering the gains are pixels.

I enjoyed reading your experience on red, only because I considered trying that too, but the lack of population has always discouraged me from bothering.

I will just stick to my plan on blue, leveling and grouping for fun, with the goal of soloing high level zones one day.

[TheDuck]

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

Unless you're anyone who is good

im a kunark geared monk, made cutter run away. one of the best geared rogues on red.



its still very skill based. if they suck they suck lol.

[Papa]

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

Happened to me once since 2012, and it was pre "Loot and scoot"...announce LNS in OOC and you're free to loot your corpse and leave the zone. If the killer wants to ignore that they risk a suspension/ban.

not classic