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[Nirgon]

Who was saying red wouldn't get Velious first again

[feanan]

They are releasing red a day early, because if they didn't the population of blue would be 3000, and there would be like 50 on red.

They just don't want to see those kind of failure numbers.

kind of like last night...1600 on blue, 250 on red.

seems like the population has flatlined or even gone down...which I'm sure we'll see more of as people start to concentrate on getting ready for velious.

[wormed]

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

They are releasing red a day early, because if they didn't the population of blue would be 3000, and there would be like 50 on red.

They just don't want to see those kind of failure numbers.

kind of like last night...1600 on blue, 250 on red.

seems like the population has flatlined or even gone down...which I'm sure we'll see more of as people start to concentrate on getting ready for velious.

I honestly think that people really WANT to play on Red, but currently if you don't get in there with a static group of friends, leveling is very difficult. I've tried and failed about 5x to login and find a group, and it's been a futile effort. PvP isn't even the issue, it's the fact that there really aren't that many users to level up with.

Why be on Red with all this awesome bonus exp and you can't even use it? I understand why Red is like this because they want to increase grouping and community effort while leveling but I'd definitely be a happier guy if they increased the static exp bonus a bit.

[clellaen]

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

I honestly think that people really WANT to play on Red, but currently if you don't get in there with a static group of friends, leveling is very difficult. I've tried and failed about 5x to login and find a group, and it's been a futile effort. PvP isn't even the issue, it's the fact that there really aren't that many users to level up with.

Why be on Red with all this awesome bonus exp and you can't even use it? I understand why Red is like this because they want to increase grouping and community effort while leveling but I'd definitely be a happier guy if they increased the static exp bonus a bit.

There is no population on red because when people try to test out the server, the experience is 90% unpleasant. Read this thread or use your brain for the obvious reasons.

There is no fixing this server without a wipe. Luckily, the progression server this summer on Live will allow a fix to those wishing to experience classic EQ that isn't whatever Red and Blue are. Blue is ok (I tried it after awful red experience), just crowded and there isn't room for new players there, but on red is the opposite problem, there is too much room there and if you find people, they are likely to not ever give a fuck about you honestly.

These 2 guys above me have been desperately trying to recruit people since before I rolled here. It seems nothing has changed because people on this server won't change.

[TacoSmasher]

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

There is no population on red because when people try to test out the server, the experience is 90% unpleasant. Read this thread or use your brain for the obvious reasons.

There is no fixing this server without a wipe. Luckily, the progression server this summer on Live will allow a fix to those wishing to experience classic EQ that isn't whatever Red and Blue are. Blue is ok (I tried it after awful red experience), just crowded and there isn't room for new players there, but on red is the opposite problem, there is too much room there and if you find people, they are likely to not ever give a fuck about you honestly.

These 2 guys above me have been desperately trying to recruit people since before I rolled here. It seems nothing has changed because people on this server won't change.

Still salty after getting coined weeks after the fact. I am sorry for your loss

[clellaen]

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

Still salty after getting coined weeks after the fact. I am sorry for your loss

Just airing the white light of truth. Salty?

[wormed]

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

There is no population on red because when people try to test out the server, the experience is 90% unpleasant. Read this thread or use your brain for the obvious reasons.

There is no fixing this server without a wipe. Luckily, the progression server this summer on Live will allow a fix to those wishing to experience classic EQ that isn't whatever Red and Blue are. Blue is ok (I tried it after awful red experience), just crowded and there isn't room for new players there, but on red is the opposite problem, there is too much room there and if you find people, they are likely to not ever give a fuck about you honestly.

These 2 guys above me have been desperately trying to recruit people since before I rolled here. It seems nothing has changed because people on this server won't change.

This statement doesn't make sense to me.

First, I've not had an unpleasant experience on Red aside from simply the lack of population. Is the community the reason why the population is so low? Maybe, I don't know. I find the forums to be mostly hilarious. I'd coin the population problem more so because it's simply hard to start there without a static group of friends. Blue is easy. I've never had so much gear in my life so quickly. If anything, Red resembles my classic experience (minus PvP) far better than Blue does (excluding population issues; more so equipment, etc).

But then you go off and think the new EQ progression server will give you a classic experience? I mean... really? I wouldn't bash Red/Blue and then have your basis for comparison being one of the well-known god-awful, multi-box, shit shows that SoE (and now Daybreak) create.

Not sure why you are on the forums if you hate Red/Blue so much.

[Voland]

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

I honestly think that people really WANT to play on Red, but currently if you don't get in there with a static group of friends, leveling is very difficult.

I don't know why people keep saying that. I actually found that getting groups is easier on Red due to global OOC and group XP bonus.
Then again, I have several alts, so there is usually a group in range for one of the alts.

[Swish]

There is an XP bonus still (vs blue) for soloing content, but you're right its nothing like the bonus you get for grabbing a pal or 5 and doing things grouped.

Give red a try guys, level now for the first "live" look at ToFS and other places <3

[Swish]

This message is hidden because clellaen is on your ignore list.

Wondered who that was for a moment but then remembered.