Serious question from ignorant bluebie

[Twainz]

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

I got as far as deleting my level 10 dark elf Tecmos and remaking him as a high elf... but it ain't gonna happen. Sporadic playtime at random times of the day means no groups or organized PvP. I.e. I'd be doing the exact same stuff on red that I already have done/do on blue: solo XP and farm. So why repeat 1-60 on red (especially without the xp bonus, especially with teams in the future making time put into red meaningless if "the journey" isn't worth it in and of itself) when I could just log onto blue?

Because you don't get to just farm all day alone. You will fight people and it will be enjoyable even if you die. You will learn a lot more about your class and other classes by playing on a PvP server. I have a 60 chanter and a 55 chanter here. I was basically given the 60 chanter but high end chanters are fun in pvp. In group pvp you tash, recant and mana tap. You can use Rapture as it is unresistable. A lot of people stack MR yes but if you tash them you can still land regular mezzes sometimes. My favorite thing to do is Rapture a caster, tash them, cripple them, weakness them and tap their mana dry. Most casters can't even move at this point and you can nuke/mez til they die. Or you can call in some friends and everyone nukes at the same time [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.].

[Tecmos Deception]

I'm quite confident I would enjoy playing a 60 chanter on red. But when I already enjoy playing a 60 chanter on blue, it is going to take more than red being "enjoyable" for me to make a change... especially given the things I just mentioned.

Hope that makes sense /shrug

[Twainz]

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

I'm quite confident I would enjoy playing a 60 chanter on red. But when I already enjoy playing a 60 chanter on blue, it is going to take more than red being "enjoyable" for me to make a change... especially given the things I just mentioned.

Hope that makes sense /shrug

I don't know if you know that I just switch from Red to Blue for a little bit. I leveled up to 60 on my warrior in 8 days played, had a million plat in gear and joined TMO. I tried to level and alt and only made it to 19 on a twinked bard. Its hard to make a complete switch and I tried to do it on blue but I just can't have fun only killing mobs. I loved gearing up on red and having to fight for camps/exp. I really enjoy the battles in game and in ooc. I've always been very competitive and Blue just isn't competitive to me. Red might come off somewhat toxic but most of the people here are actually pretty cool if you get to know them. If you really start playing here and you get to 50s let me know. By them Swish might even have his monk in the 50s and I will happily trio with Swish and yourself on my 54 cleric. Give it a try and the worst thing that could happen is you start playing you blue chanter again [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[HippoNipple]

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

I don't know if you know that I just switch from Red to Blue for a little bit. I leveled up to 60 on my warrior in 8 days played, had a million plat in gear and joined TMO. I tried to level and alt and only made it to 19 on a twinked bard. Its hard to make a complete switch and I tried to do it on blue but I just can't have fun only killing mobs. I loved gearing up on red and having to fight for camps/exp. I really enjoy the battles in game and in ooc. I've always been very competitive and Blue just isn't competitive to me. Red might come off somewhat toxic but most of the people here are actually pretty cool if you get to know them. If you really start playing here and you get to 50s let me know. By them Swish might even have his monk in the 50s and I will happily trio with Swish and yourself on my 54 cleric. Give it a try and the worst thing that could happen is you start playing you blue chanter again [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Red wouldn't be toxic if it wasn't for competition. I understand the server hasn't gotten to the point of PvE competition but obviously there wouldn't be so much hate out there if it wasn't for some sort of PvP competition. When it comes down to it I think the red community actually has better people to play with. It is just the nature of a PvP server that can bring out the worst in people.

[Tecmos Deception]

Well I consolidated my horde of greater lightstones and +18 int worth of gear from my wiz and mage onto my enchanter... bought some spells... we'll see how long I last later this evening once the kids are asleep [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Colgate]

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

Red wouldn't be toxic if it wasn't for competition. I understand the server hasn't gotten to the point of PvE competition but obviously there wouldn't be so much hate out there if it wasn't for some sort of PvP competition. When it comes down to it I think the red community actually has better people to play with. It is just the nature of a PvP server that can bring out the worst in people.

red wouldn't be toxic if rules were actually enforced and you couldn't evade a ban with ease

[Mac Dretti]

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[HippoNipple]

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

red wouldn't be toxic if rules were actually enforced and you couldn't evade a ban with ease

That would help no doubt but it is a lot of work and takes a lot of hours to enforce all the rules. People knowing they can get away with things paired with the competitive nature of the server makes it pretty toxic. You gotta realize it is what it is and try to have fun with what is provided.

[Tecmos Deception]

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

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I unignored you for this? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Twainz]

Good Luck Tecmos! Welcome to Red pal! If you die let me know, I can port and rez.