Red99 Stimulus Plan (some constructive feedback)

[Cast]

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

every single member of my old eq crew quit this server after hitting lvl 5 in a WEEKEND of play.

I made it to lvl 9 just to see if it got better.

I have said this before, if you want a red crowd you need to have a server that is more about pvp than pve, the rules on this server are masochistic in the extreme unless you are a bluebie through and through.

Red players dont play to grind
dont play to get gear
dont play to camp shit for weeks
we play to pvp, all that other shit is what we put up with in the mean time.

the one change I mentioned that would probably bring me back was the reduction of downtime. out of combat hp/mana regen rates should be tripled. less time spent not killing crap including each other is more time spent killing crap including each other.

goodbye

goodbye

sorry to see you go

[Versus]

We want a classic EQ pvp server!!! RABBLE RABBLE!

Two months later...

Fuck this shit, we want triple regen and boosted exp! This server sucks!

[Ninja]

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

We want a classic EQ pvp server!!! RABBLE RABBLE!

Two months later...

Fuck this shit, we want triple regen and boosted exp! This server sucks!

Uhm that was one persons opinion, 99% of the threads lately have been about requesting global /ooc.

Blue had for its first year due to low pop, some of us are just asking for the same.

Whether it happens or not I'm staying here, besides the pop issue the server is great.

[Shrubwise]

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

besides the pop issue the server is great.

What pop issue? I love that nothing is camped.

[Bootcamp]

fuck you all server is good now go play

[lululalana]

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

A global chat and exp bonus is not going to cause many if any to leave, but I promise you, many more will stay/return.

this

[oldfish]

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

every single member of my old eq crew quit this server after hitting lvl 5 in a WEEKEND of play.

I made it to lvl 9 just to see if it got better.

I have said this before, if you want a red crowd you need to have a server that is more about pvp than pve, the rules on this server are masochistic in the extreme unless you are a bluebie through and through.

Red players dont play to grind
dont play to get gear
dont play to camp shit for weeks
we play to pvp, all that other shit is what we put up with in the mean time.

the one change I mentioned that would probably bring me back was the reduction of downtime. out of combat hp/mana regen rates should be tripled. less time spent not killing crap including each other is more time spent killing crap including each other.

For me that is the reason i think the server is losing pop fast, that pvp is not the major focus of it. Its a pvp server where the rules are made for people who dont really want to pvp all day and is just so they can determine who gets to poopsock where. I dont see the old Rallos crowd enjoying this server because its quite different, on rallos you had daily hours long pvp sessions, not here.

So basically the pop left is the ones who left 99blue because they wanted to pvp for camps instead of msging GMs, but wanted the difference to stop there.

[Cast]

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

For me that is the reason i think the server is losing pop fast, that pvp is not the major focus of it. Its a pvp server where the rules are made for people who dont really want to pvp all day and is just so they can determine who gets to poopsock where. I dont see the old Rallos crowd enjoying this server because its quite different, on rallos you had daily hours long pvp sessions, not here.

So basically the pop left is the ones who left 99blue because they wanted to pvp for camps instead of msging GMs, but wanted the difference to stop there.

yeah bro not sure what you're talking about but i know my druid (played w/ bro) back in 1999 on rallos had 120 days played in about 8months. Maybe you just forget how much poopsocking really went on when we (or i?) was 12-13

[Ninja]

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

I dont see the old Rallos crowd enjoying this server because its quite different, on rallos you had daily hours long pvp sessions, not here.

Who said you can't pvp? I spent like 4 hours yesterday getting my ass kicked in Unrest by a BRD/NEC duo.

I kept going back for more because I'm a fucking boss and don't give a shit about 20% exp loss.

It takes like 20 minutes pve'ing to grind for 20 pvp deaths lol.


inb4 1% exp loss excuse

[oldfish]

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

yeah bro not sure what you're talking about but i know my druid (played w/ bro) back in 1999 on rallos had 120 days played in about 8months. Maybe you just forget how much poopsocking really went on when we (or i?) was 12-13

Of course there was poopsocking, but it was often interrupted by pvp. I remember that HHP was a pvp hotspot, so were queynos hills, EC, crushbone, Gfay.

What i meant was that with xp loss, the 99 devs tweaked the pvp so that its purpose is to end it quick, to determine who gets a camp. If they wouldnt have touched that, camps would still get settled, but with longer drawn out bouts of pvp, just like it was on Rallos. To me, this would translate into much more fun sessions. I think people are leaving because its just blue boring same old again, with a twist.

Nobody wants to do these long drawn out fights on red99 because to do that is to set you back in the pve grind, which is horrid enough as it is. This translate into put-put boring grind sessions with not alot of action, which is what (to me) made Rallos fun back then (the hours long pvp sessions).

I keep repeating myself but i really think this is whats fucking the pop, that its boring for most people but a few poopsockers who dont really like pvp.