Red Awareness this double XP weekend...

[Credge]

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

You carry gems on red... if you're carrying anything more than 20pp in coins you should convert it/bank it.

I'll make that one of the next red lessons - its not rocket science.

Tamtam got caught out at Overthere bank for over 30k plat but its very unusual to see.

See, it's stuff like this that's going to make me play on the server. Things like that really appeal to me.

[Skogar]

Greetings all.

I'm intrigued, and have been around the block a few times with respect to PvP. I have a couple of questions though.

First, the rule set seems to be inconsistent, to be polite.

A fungi tunic twink comes at me and I will do two things. First, accept that death is inevitable. Second, I train the sh*t out of the twink. Corpse camping is legal, with a caveat, but legal none the less. But you cannot use your immediate environment to defend yourself?

The rules should be consistent: ie. there are no rules. The environment is a tool to be used as deemed appropriate by the players involved.

My second question has to do with the end game. I recently played on a vanilla wow pvp server and it was ugly. Once you got to the endgame the focus was on the leaderboard, which meant that the highest level players would kill the lowest levels that would still provide "honor" points. Semantics aside, the reality was that the game was no longer playable.

Same people. Same time zone. Same limited number of end-game zones. One cycle of endless ganking.

Also, I doubt the loot and scoot stuff is enforced because the staff are probably overworked as it is.

I'm considering giving it a shot, but would like to hear about the end game, as well as the justification that corpse camping is ok but training is not.

Thanks.

[pink grapefruit]

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

It's the PVP ruleset that makes red less attractive. MMOs have always had significantly fewer PvP players than pve players. The idea that I'm going to drop all of my money if I get killed isn't exactly something that players clamor for.

To put it another way, if you can't handle being called a name in a video game, you probably can't handle being killed in a video game either.

I've played EQ pvp since 2000 so maybe it's just what I've grown up with, but the money thing really isn't a big deal. They don't take all of your money, only what you haven't banked. And I always bank. It's not hard. If you're careful as you should be, the most you'll lose is whatever coin you farmed up in a single farming session. And even then you can do a lot to safeguard your cash. Leave yourself outs, cheetah classes should always keep it memmed. Bards should always have DA song ready to go. Every so often convert plat to gems. Etc.

There was only one instance in my time spent playing EQ that I lost a significant amount of money, and it really sticks out in my memory for this reason. Ran into a group of shorty purists during Luclin era and was nuked down quickly, think a wizard got a manaburn off even. Lost 300pp. That was bad luck and stupidity on my part, and it never happened again [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

the bluebies grow lazy, and fat with coin~ xD

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

I don't think it is so much the language but rather the image you portray about the Red community when you use such language. By being both vulgar and condescending, you are making Red look less attractive to the more mature player base, like myself.

I mentioned in another thread that Red would be an amazing server if it would only succumb to both a big attitude adjustment and meaningful, player enforced PvP rules set. Link: http://www.project1999.com/forums/sh...87#post1899387

Image is a funny thing. Judging by blue RnF, you have those same vocal minorities projecting a nasty image, particularly when it comes to end game raiding. Such violent language they use [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The actual community that exists on red is largely awesome. Had a lot of fun chatting and hanging out in groups, which is to be expected in EQ! And the vocal minority? Surely a mature gamer would know not to get involved in it, watch it with kind curiosity, and maybe roll their eyes gently. Sometimes it's really amusing tbh. I kinda believe that pvp gamers, particularly in games like EQ where pvp isn't "supposed" to happen, are more creative and interesting than their blue counterparts. Maybe if someone's afraid of potentially offensive creativity ("there are bad words in this rap music!") they should stay away, but still. Letting a few loud personalities dictate how you play and enjoy the game seems kinda silly.

[Malevz]

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

If you think you'd enjoy a truly fresh EverQuest experience, you won't find it on "other servers", make it red this weekend...

The server is called red99? I believe I might give this red99 a try, it sounds very exciting, thank you!

[Swish]

"Sorry guys, I'm not going to play because they do things differently on a pvp server"

ok pal - thanks for your post.

[Credge]

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

"Sorry guys, I'm not going to play because they do things differently on a pvp server"

ok pal - thanks for your post.

But... I'm going to play on the red server...

[Swish]

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

But... I'm going to play on the red server...

Oh awesome then [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Let us know what you roll and where you're starting Credge, might be some others doing the same tonight.

[Credge]

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

Oh awesome then [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Let us know what you roll and where you're starting Credge, might be some others doing the same tonight.

I made a halfling cleric, got him to 2 and went back to work from my lunch break.

That XP is blazing fast.

[iruinedyourday]

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

I made a halfling cleric, got him to 2 and went back to work from my lunch break.

That XP is blazing fast.

yea im noticing that its really not that noticible 50+ but on my teens character, omg its like 1 orange a kill lol

[Swish]

Not content enough though, most people ignore Jehovah's Witnesses rather than going onto a Jehovah's Witness forum and saying how they don't like them very much.

Sorry if you're rustled by this thread, it's just created to promote a growing population.

If anyone can make it to level 10 I'd be happy to do JC combines for free at NFP bank (just bring me the materials).

...and as I mentioned before all the trolls came in, if you really don't want to start completely from scratch it's possible to find a plat transfer from blue to red if you can find someone switching. I can make up HP rings for 310pp a pair (mat prices), stat gear, resist gear, whatever you like. I'm not looking to profit, just to help new players get started whatever their bank balance.