State of Red 1999

[Xaanka]

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

Lol'd when you said 15 hours a week was casual play.

it all has to be taken in context, i'm quoting a nerd who plays 15 hours a day

[Ragnaros]

hehe got some real mad ppl in here
enjoy your dead box

[Xulia]

Took a bit of getting used to, but it's been fun so far. I haven't abandoned Blue entirely; I have all my friends in Charm to consider and those guys are one of many reasons I enjoy playing. For the time being though, Red looks fun. And I think I can be crafty enough to stay under most radars. Even if I'm found out, I won't fight back or engage in comba. This probably sounds really pretentious, but I'd rather die knowing the other person doing the killing is enjoying causing harm to a virtual presence simply for the joy of causing harm and not for any narrative purpose or glory - A lot like a sadist would.

[feanan]

So, basically, a lot of you seem to be playing on red 99 with zero intentions of pvp.

It appears you are just there for the easy experience bonus and empty loot camps.

Eh, at that point, you might as well just go to ezserver or whatever

[Xulia]

I'm really just bored.

[Feanol]

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

As it stands right now, basically this server is in decline and I see no way that it will rebound in its current state. With twinks relentlessly pking new players in lowbie gear, over and over, it makes playing for a lot of new people, pointless.

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I'd argue that lowbie PvP has been in decline lately. I remember seeing Global Yellow Text coming out of Unrest and Mistmoore nearly every 20 minutes or so, but lately it seems a lot of the dungeon pvp'ers are on hiatus. I can't remember the last time I saw Yellow Text come out of Unrest. Mistmoore kills are rare too but I still do see a few.

Since the release of Velious so many lowbie gankers are back to playing their Main most of the time because there's a lot of new gear and new fun to be had. The reason Red had so many twinks running around in the past was because Kunark was going into year 4 and bored 60's with top-tier gear would pour platinum into PvP-oriented alt characters.


Red is top heavy just like Blue. It can certainly feel like a wasteland out in the 1-30 zones but we're up here waiting for you if you gain the levels. I'm having so much fun with my crew these days. <3

[Platexchange]

First off, OP complaining about low pop on Valentine's Day weekend. Yes we have basement dwellers but some people do have shit to do on weekends. Monday-Fri pop floats around 200-275 which it has been for the last year or so. The problem red has to deal with is the few trolls like ragnaros, smedy, slather, and a few others. I love my red pals and trolling happens, but what they say on here is not at all indicative of the server state. We do have some future plans to run special events to bring new players to red, so keep a look out! Also if you are starting out and want a bit of a power level feel free to message me during the weekends


Love

Shody

[immaterial]

my group and i actually moved over to Red recently. we think it's great. good exp bonus and very little competition for camps. we get most zones to ourselves and are leveling quickly. there's 4 of us, too, so we don't feel as much in danger as if we were playing alone. we've only seen a few other people within PvP level range so far, and they were all alone and gave us a wide berth.

we have zero intention of doing PvP, though. we're just there because it's got exp bonus and we get zones to ourselves--although the potential for PvP does add a bit of spice and danger to it all. there have also been some hilarious fratricide incidents.

[Aesop]

nothing wrong with playing on a pvp server with no intention of ever PVPing imo

[iruinedyourday]

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

hehe got some real mad ppl in here
enjoy your dead box

this guy invested 90% of his IRL into 3 years of red99 and was not able to down any velious mobs so he quit.