Blue 99, Where the cool kids are.

[Jauna]

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

Yeah no gimmicks or intervention at all, like when your server crashed and the GMs instantly shut down Red and used its hardware so you could still farm pixels.

If the GMs/Devs cared about Red as much as Blue you guys would have 200-400 people tops.

A few things. You farm pixels on Red as well so you can PvP better. Stop using the pixel excuse, you do it too.

Second of all, the past week(s) or so proves that you are wrong about the GMs/Devs not caring about the EZ99 server. You got alot of non-classic buffs in order to attract people to your server. But you have to come to admit a few things:

People know that EZ99 is there at this point, its just a matter if someone likes PvP or not. And I can tell you from memory that most people dont like PvP, the Zeks were never as popular as say Bertox (tho that maybe a server listing issue) or any other PvE server and its showing here. And it will remain as such. 75-100~ or so people you are attracting now are probably people who feel the Kunark stagnentation(sp, not even the spellchecker knows wtf im talking about) or people who want easy leveling.

Look, until the Devs start buying Adspace on popular websites and really start advertizing for EZ99 you will probably max out at 300 players max.. even though you all been petering.. pettering? at 200 players with all the current attention, spam and whathaveyou.

[Potus]

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

A few things. You farm pixels on Red as well so you can PvP better. Stop using the pixel excuse, you do it too.

Second of all, the past week(s) or so proves that you are wrong about the GMs/Devs not caring about the EZ99 server. You got alot of non-classic buffs in order to attract people to your server. But you have to come to admit a few things:

People know that EZ99 is there at this point, its just a matter if someone likes PvP or not. And I can tell you from memory that most people dont like PvP, the Zeks were never as popular as say Bertox (tho that maybe a server listing issue) or any other PvE server and its showing here. And it will remain as such. 75-100~ or so people you are attracting now are probably people who feel the Kunark stagnentation(sp, not even the spellchecker knows wtf im talking about) or people who want easy leveling.

Look, until the Devs start buying Adspace on popular websites and really start advertizing for EZ99 you will probably max out at 300 players max.. even though you all been petering.. pettering? at 200 players with all the current attention, spam and whathaveyou.

You still didn't acknowledge that you had your server crash and Red was cannibalized so you could still get your precious loots.

Please, try to tell me that you don't get any preferential treatment. There are bugs on Red that have been reported for years that got fixed on blue and are still ignored. I have a thread up right now, pets innately DW at high level. Fixed on Blue, still bugged on red.

And I went to blue the other day to test spell mechanics for a bug report. The zone crashed. I came back my char was dead. A guide rezzed me without me even asking. He rezzed everyone in the fucking zone.

On Red I can't find a gm for weeks, it takes a month for Misty Thicket to get reset or the Ancient Croc spawn to be fixed. You guys are a bunch of pampered babies, if Red had your support we'd have your population, it's as easy as that.

[SamwiseRed]

item recharging, rotations, variance arent gimmicks? p99 once had a population of less than 100. should they have pulled the plug on it then?

[Pheer]

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

item recharging, rotations, variance arent gimmicks? p99 once had a population of less than 100. should they have pulled the plug on it then?

p99 has had more than 100 since the day it released

[Jauna]

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

item recharging, rotations, variance arent gimmicks? p99 once had a population of less than 100. should they have pulled the plug on it then?

I am not sure when item recharging was nerfed/changed on live, but if it happened in this (classic/kunark) timeline I am pretty damn sure the Devs would of fixed it long ago. You not having it is not classic.

Rotations are forced, sucks but true. However if you (red server) gets an ample population and things get dominated by one guild for a long period of time then you too, may get it.

Was Variance shorted on Blue when rotations were put in? I took a break on Holloween 2013 to April 2014 and dont know for certain

When was Blue99 below 100? I started playing in 2011 and dont remember it being that small

[SamwiseRed]

i just dont get the point of an mmo without pvp. whether it be wow, eve, eq, daoc, ect. Especially in older games where the AI is terrible.

[Jauna]

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

i just dont get the point of an mmo without pvp. whether it be wow, eve, eq, daoc, ect. Especially in older games where the AI is terrible.

... that depends on the game. Here you stack MR and become immune to most casters and auto attack your way to victory, or joust with a low delay weapon. And here you are vulnerable longer then other games which not alot of people like. in WoW if you eat/drink for 30 seconds you are good to go for another fight/ambush, here you gatta hide and med for 10 minutes minimum No opinion on daoc and eve. Plus corpse runs here. no bueno.

What separated the Red server from Blue99 before was just PvP (and being a couple of patches behind) and you had maybe 100-130 players during primetime while we had 1000-1200. But ever since they added exp bonuses, pvp level ranges, coin only... even you all have to admit your burst of popularity is mostly from the exp boost and Kunark stagnentnessery. I dont know if that was a word or not.

[Grubbz]

The ONLY time pvp was fun in eq, was back when the old bazaar had an arena.

[SamwiseRed]

on blue it isnt the more skilled or better prepared players that get the mob. its whoever has FTE or first to petition in some cases. killing mobs to get better gear to kill mobs is boring. getting better gear to help your guild vs another guild makes more sense.

[Jauna]

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

killing mobs to get better gear to kill mobs is boring.

PvE servers being more popular across most games proves this wrong. Few people want to play a game where someone has a chance to be oppressed, blocked out or grieved. I think there is only one pvp server still active on live while the rest were shut down/merged. Even in WoW one side becomes super dominant and players on the losing/less populated side leave server for something more balanced or fun, even if the servers in question are pve or pvp.

Even... even if... even if Teams99 came out next week and Red server players were merged I can guarantee you that one race/alignment/whatever it is will become dominant and everyone will either move to Blue99 or move to whatever side was dominant. I wish I was more knowledgeable about these forums so I can link a picture of Father Elijah from New Vegas and tell you all to learn to let go.