Level Cap PvP encounters?

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As forum posts go: if you see a post by Derubael (or some other GM), pay attention to it. Aside from that, be selective; there is a lot of noise on these forums -- and in OOC on this server -- and very little signal. It can be entertaining, or depressing, depending on how you take it.

Anyway, in addition to what Deru said:

I am a person who has never had a post-47 toon on this server. I think I will soon have one in that range, though; this is largely because of the recent, huge group-EXP bonus. Makes EQ leveling rate tolerable despite real life occurring, *and* has had an obvious impact in making 1-50 groups much easier to acquire.

I also think Red99's population has become less toxic since the last time I played (a year-ish ago). I have no idea why this is, though group exp + PnP both seem like obvious options. It has not hit everyone; I've had a few folks (names and guilds redacted, though they are prominent and frequently playing folks) specifically grief me in my 30s, KS'ing stuff for no reason other than that they could. But, by-and-large, the server no longer reminds me of Sullon Zek (absolutely no-rules EQ server, which I played on back in the day). In fact, very often now people seem to voluntarily point out PnP rules in /ooc to help folks who do not understand them, and on very rare occasions people even show up to help fight against the CB/UR/MM/CoM twinks.

Anyway, I think you can totally enjoy yourself on red. It deserves more than 200 people! I think your fun-times will be maximized if you devote a fair amount of time to organizing groups for unusual dungeons, and avoiding the easy dungeons where twinked-out PKs generally screw with people. When I have done that, I have never run into any meaningful problems.