Consider Red

[Heavenzoutcast]

I look at red server like I look at test server on live. Not a whole lot of people, need to find your own gear (for the most part). Camps you want are not always on lock by someone else and your free to do what you please. You can be evil and kill people, or nice and give to others, yet only to attack when attacked. I'm enjoying it. If any blues are reading this, come on over... You know you want to!

[Tecmos Deception]

Staff have put the smack down on some "toxic" players who were trolling and being otherwise lame on the forums with forum bans and ingame suspensions. Big things imminent. Consider red!

[nonphixion]

come to red, when you ragequit and delete your characters they restore them for you if you ask nicely!

[kylok]

Most things can be accomplished through politeness.

[Tecmos Deception]

Big things on red!

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

Project 1999: Red glares at you threateningly - Is Your Body Red-y?

Welcome to Red 99! If you've always wondered what Red was all about - or found out in the past and weren't thrilled with what you saw - we invite you to come try again. With a host of changes having been made in the past 6 months, including with the most recent patch, Red 99 is better than it has ever been. Come find out what it means for your Body to be Ready today!

Group Experience Bonus -

Project 1999 Red now has a 50% experience bonus from 1-60. In addition to this, for each group member, a 40% experience modifier will be added to all XP the group obtains. This means that with a full 6 member group, you will be provided a 290% bonus to all experience gained, 1-60.

This will provide a faster leveling experience than on blue, but still allow people to take the time to learn their character, meet new friends, and encounter new enemies on their way to level 60. Have your friends roll on red with you, and enjoy the journey!

The Play Nice Policy -

The new Play Nice Policy gives people new and old to PvP a way to ease their transition into a PvP environment. If you are killed in PvP, you need only let the person who killed you and people in the zones you are moving through know that you are "Loot and Scooting (LnS)". This will allow you to get your corpse, and move on from the zone, no questions asked. The player who killed you does not have an option to kill you again if you call loot and scoot, so long as you get your body and move from the zone.

The Play Nice Policy also mixes blue rules with tradional red 99 rules. Any situation that cannot be solved by PvP has the blue rules applied in that situation. For example, if you are camping emperor crushbone, and a level 60 comes to take your spawn, he has to wait in line like everyone else. No longer can people steal your camps 'because its a pvp server'. However, if you are in range of the player in question, and PvP is an option, you'd better watch out! He can kill you to take your camp. A similar application is used for killstealing - high level players cannot steal your kills. If they are out of level-range, they must leave you, and your mobs, alone.

For more information on the specifics of the Red Play Nice Policy, please visit this thread.

The PvP Level Range -

The PvP Level Range has been changed to +/- 4 from 1-60. This provides players with a 'more comfortable' range to PvP from. No longer will someone 6, 7, 8 levels higher than you be able to obliterate you with little resistance. Now you'll have a fighting chance in almost all situations.

'City OOC/Area OOC' -

Global OOC, or shared OOC, only works within city zones. This means that you can read and chat to shared OOC when you are in a zone that is a city. When you are in a non-city zone, OOC will be shared across zones in your area. Now you can seek out groups, find similarily leveled players, and sell your wares when you are in a city. Alternatively, find people nearby when you're out in the wilds, in the depths of a dungeon, or racing across the plains.

Not only does this foster a light roleplaying element by forcing people to congregate in cities, it ensures that people have a way to communciate their wants and needs across the world. Once you reach level 5, you will be able to speak to the entire server, find groups, auction your wares, and join in on the discussions.

For a list of which zones will share an OOC, please visit this thread.

Nagafen's Lair and Permafrost are no longer no-level range zones -

Soldungb (Nagafen's Lair) and Permafrost are now +/- 4 level range. In the past, these fantastic zones were 'FFA', and you could be killed by people much, much higher level than you. No longer! These two zones are now limited by level range, and will function like normal zones in PvP.

Resist Fixes -

On February 23rd, 2013 changes were made to the way resists work on Project 1999: Red. Resist gear is more meaningful now, and you are more likely to resist spell when wearing resist gear. This adds balance to the PvP system, and allows new and old players alike to flex their strategic muscles, both when picking gear and when actually engaged in combat.

The PvP Community -

There are many misconceptions as to what 'the PvP community' is on Project 1999. Many people have a negative view of Red 99 and it's players. It's time to throw these notions out the window! You will be pleasantly surprised when you get in game and realize that even people who kill you are often willing to lend you a helping hand afterwards (and maybe a bit of advice!). Come find out what it means to be a part of Red 99!

Sign me up!

There is nothing quite like the adrenaline rush of a close PvP encounter. The excitement, the thrill, the fear, and the elation of a win is one of the most pure and challenging gaming experiences out there today. PvP offers an opportunity to make close friends who would quite literally die for you in game, and bitter enemies who would do the exact opposite. The bonds and community formed on a PvP server last a lifetime. We will be running GM events, and the established players and guilds will be helping to welcome new players to the server all weekend! Come join in on the fun, the strategy, the heartbreak, the laughter, the tears, and the excitement that is Project 1999 Red: PvP today!

[Faywind]

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

Big things on red!

Indeed, it's looking much more playable now. I like all of these changes.

[Conscript]

I still don't understand why there is a group only experience bonus and not a solo experience bonus as well on a PvP server...

On a low population server..
On a FREE FOR ALL server..
On a server with a lack of access to OOC until an appropriate level..

[LittleSorcerer7]

Cool changes now we only need teams

[Fame]

Now is the time to join for sure, in addition to the number of new players red has seen in recent months with these new changes we are sure to see even more young adventurers entering a world of Norrath were players may be friend or foe. There will be groups available leveling up if you get in with the wave of new players now. Good luck and heed my words my children. I cannot guarantee your safety, but when you need it most, may my words guide and protect you.

Pras

[Splorf22]

The big problem I have with red is that it just isn't possible to play casually [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Maybe if Jeremy lets me borrow a fungi and tstaff I'll try a monk for a bit though