lurkers/new players: advice from a noob

[Gadwen]

This thread looks like a challenge to all the Twink griefers on Red. How long can this guy play before you bind camp him until he deletes EQ?

[TarukShmaruk]

Longtime Rallos Zek vet here, from 1999-2004. I saw it all - from the days of being able to loot weapons/shields/ranged, to the days of an enchanter being able to charm you and type /pet get lost and you would slash yourself for 32k and take XP loss, to me personally taking vengeance upon the naked PKs (who risked nothing) by using my pet to XP loss them, to ultimately loot being removed.

I would never go back to an item loot EQ PVP server. Hell I don't know if I'd go back to EQ PVP.

For two reasons, mainly:

1) EQ PVP is hilariously imbalanced because it was never designed for PVP. Whether it was the naked ice comet Wizards of vanilla, the hilariously OP necros of Kunark that could solo 5 people at once by chain casting deflux and other unresistable (in pvp) spells, or how OP melee became from velious onwards.

2) EQ is not a game that supports item looting well. It is far too soul crushing to get jumped and lose some item that took a week to camp - it just drives people to quit. Games that support item looting are games like Eve, UO, Darkfall - these are games where items are craftable and replacable and unless you are stupid you never lose anything too valuable.

It also tremendously devalued droppable gear and increased the value of NO DROP gear.

And I say this with a lot of fond memories of RZ. But there was also a reason RZ was such a bluebie server where PKs became KOS by everyone and PVP was discouraged.

[Blasted]

On the edge of my seat waiting for anyone to refute the above points.

[big league chew]

for good or bad, we dont have item loot enabled on red99

[Pudge]

EQ PVP SO IMBALANCED

SOMETIMES A CERTAIN CLASS HAS AN ADVANTAGE OVER ANOTHER IN PVP

I CANNOT KILL ANYONE WITH MY CLERIC. BUT NEITHER CAN THEY KILL ME. ALSO I LOSE WHEN I GET BACKSTABBED BY A DUELIST ROGUE ON MY WIZ. BUT AM ABLE TO LEVITATE OVER THE ROGUE AND CAST ICE COMET ON HIM IF I FIND HIM UNPREPARED. THIS IS BULLSHIT

[big league chew]

JUST BE A SHADOWKNIGHT AND ULL HAVE FUN
WANT ALT?
MAKE SHADOWKNIGHT

[Faerie]

WHY ARE WE ALL TALKING IN CAPS? STOP BEING STUPID; YOU'RE SCARING AWAY POTENTIAL NEW PLAYERS. THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS!!

Yeah, PvP is pretty great. Having played blue here, I've decided that even with the low population red is a much better experience. We're allowed, like, freedoms, and stuff! I can be as nice or as mean as I want, and other players can react to that however they see fit. More opportunity to make a name for yourself is always a good thing, and on blue players are all expected to be nice, or at least somewhat neutral, because there's nothing else to do. Guess once you get leveled and geared you can start being mean by taking raid encounters, but it's just not the same.

I'm not a very competitive player, but Red99 is my e-home [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Faerie]

Hey bluebies!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3NHNfLvdrk

I dare you [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

And if I catch any of you on my server, you're dead! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Then we can hang out or something. I'm learning baking; who wants batwing crunchies? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Pudge]

!! im a baker too faerie. but dont tell any of my hardcore friends.

[Splorf22]

Originally Posted by faerie

We're not serious fucking business

Originally Posted by faerie

Very few bluebies took it seriously