Some concerns about starting P99

[Swish]

Everyone has rolled on red? I think theres still some work to do.

Give red another try.

[maestrom]

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

If blue server was judged by RNF I'd be surprised if anyone played.

Similarly don't judge red by the forums, roll a character and give it a go.

You know you and your red recruiter friends are half of the posts on RNF right?

[Tann]

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

If blue server was judged by RNF I'd be surprised if anyone played.

Similarly don't judge red by the forums, roll a character and give it a go.

red server chat is on par with blue RNF, and even that is being super generous to the former.

I tried red briefly, a couple hours of reading global ooc was enough. If I wanted to read/hear 14yr old's call each other faygates and all manner or racial slurs I'd play CoD.

[Swish]

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

You know you and your red recruiter friends are half of the posts on RNF right?

I don't think its that high. Sadly blue RNF would barely have any quality posts without it, its why people enjoy reading it still.

[Swish]

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

red server chat is on par with blue RNF, and even that is being super generous to the former.

I tried red briefly, a couple hours of reading global ooc was enough. If I wanted to read/hear 14yr old's call each other faygates and all manner or racial slurs I'd play CoD.

You can filter ooc to a separate window if the bad men said rude words. Once you "get" some of the humor it becomes entertaining...until then its like watching a movie 45 minutes after it started.

[jcr4990]

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

Everyone has rolled on red? I think theres still some work to do.

Give red another try.

100% seriousmode nearly everyone I've talked to has tried Red at one point or another and basically all of them say its a shitty server.

[Swish]

What most people say that I've talked to is that they'd play if not for the low pop.

Well, here we are trying to help get the numbers up [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Frudrura]

Basically, I can log in my old characters and hook you up with some stuff if you want, send me a PM of what time you want to meet and I can log on and run out to you.

[maskedmelon]

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

You know you and your red recruiter friends are half of the posts on RNF right?

I think there are more BDA RNFers than red RNFers tbh.

[Vrez ZVyx]

Red is great. I never considered blue on P99 but played blue very briefly on live before being convinced to move to red. Once you get used to the player conflict you will wonder how you were ever entertained without it.

With that said... I started on red99 recently and as I said, never considered blue.
The population is very concentrated into specific areas, and peak play times. If you play off peak or don't travel to the popular spots, you will be soloing usually.

As for PvP engagements. Being undergeared as I am, I have only had a handful. Of that handful, a couple were twinked to the point that I couldn't have put up a fight.

I had one experience that annoyed me a little. I couldn't resist the guy's clinging darkness because my resists were so low, and he was landing hits for 130+ melee on my 600 health. I took my death, tried to go back and as soon as I looted my corpse he started after me again. I got away from him because he was honestly a horrible player despite his gear and just moved to another area.
Aside from that, I have fought some others who were closer fights. They were fun, but it is going to take some time to get used to this game again to the point where I feel adequate in pvp again. The other players have been universally decent people. Including providing a rez to compensate for an XP death, and buffs.
And some of the "trollish" pvp people have proven to be pretty decent. If you aren't in range they are actually good people who are willing to help you. If you are in range though they will fight you. Who would think... its a pvp server, right?

I think when you get over the idea that the pvp is just for fun and all the other characters are people having fun... you will have fun. Yeah, there are some real idiots, and honestly if you watch global /ooc you will get a negative perception to the server population, but they are a vocal minority.