Current state of blue vs. green?

[EQBallzz]

I haven't logged into P99 in a long time. If the pop counter is correct it looks like green has twice the active pop of blue? Is that accurate? I logged into blue and ran around a bit (between swamp and EC) and felt pretty dead but don't even remember how busy it was when I last played years ago so can't really tell how much more dead it might be (if at all).

[Valakut]

most of the hardcore raiders play both, casual raid scene died a year into velious now its all hardcore raiders lurking on alts to sponge up more raid loot, casual non raiders show up mostly on the weekends or in the evening. blue trade scene is dead its all chardok loot in the tunnel but supposedly people use discord pretty effectively even though thats not classic.

a new tlp is overdue but if theres enough to launch a TLP without affecting blue and green remains to be seen.

[EQBallzz]

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

most of the hardcore raiders play both, casual raid scene died a year into velious now its all hardcore raiders lurking on alts to sponge up more raid loot, casual non raiders show up mostly on the weekends or in the evening. blue trade scene is dead its all chardok loot in the tunnel but supposedly people use discord pretty effectively even though thats not classic.

a new tlp is overdue but if theres enough to launch a TLP without affecting blue and green remains to be seen.

Damn. That's too bad. That is sort of the feeling that I got. I tried to talk in OOC in EC but nobody even bothered to reply. There were a handful of people in the tunnel (mostly AFK) with a few sporadic, sad auctions.

The one thing I wasn't really interested in (raiding) seems to be the only thing that isn't dead. Sad. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[enjchanter]

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

The one thing I wasn't really interested in (raiding) seems to be the only thing that isn't dead. Sad. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

yeah this is the primary reason the game sux

[cd288]

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

Damn. That's too bad. That is sort of the feeling that I got. I tried to talk in OOC in EC but nobody even bothered to reply. There were a handful of people in the tunnel (mostly AFK) with a few sporadic, sad auctions.

The one thing I wasn't really interested in (raiding) seems to be the only thing that isn't dead. Sad. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm honestly not sure what the guy you're replying to is referring to. I buy and sell tons of stuff in the tunnel on Blue all the time. I also play on Green and besides price differences and maybe being slightly faster for a transaction, there's no real difference.

[mycoolrausch]

Blue even post green had a nice PUG path 51-60 with the Hole. But then they slightly nerfed the zem and it's a ghost town again with people back in KC fighting over LCY mobs that are half green. Or plvling.

Buff Hole zem like 1% but widely announce it on the front page with bold letters and stuff and the psychological factor will bring Hole pugs back.

[Tethler]

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

Blue even post green had a nice PUG path 51-60 with the Hole. But then they slightly nerfed the zem and it's a ghost town again with people back in KC fighting over LCY mobs that are half green. Or plvling.

Buff Hole zem like 1% but widely announce it on the front page with bold letters and stuff and the psychological factor will bring Hole pugs back.

With the bonus xp weekend, the Hole on blue had like 20 people when I poked my head in. I assume it's dead outside the bonus xp periods though.

[branamil]

Blue = museum, barely any XP groups under 45 because they're being powerleveled. Stagnant raid scene, but more chill people because it doesn't really matter as they're on their 11th alt. Dead EC tunnel economy

Green = Bloodthirsty, shrill, and overcamped. The kinda place where someone will petition you at the level 5 Orc Tent because they don't understand social aggro, died to too many orcs, then say you trained and griefed them.

[EQBallzz]

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

Blue = museum, barely any XP groups under 45 because they're being powerleveled. Stagnant raid scene, but more chill people because it doesn't really matter as they're on their 11th alt. Dead EC tunnel economy

Green = Bloodthirsty, shrill, and overcamped. The kinda place where someone will petition you at the level 5 Orc Tent because they don't understand social aggro, died to too many orcs, then say you trained and griefed them.

Good lord. What has happened to P99? When I played years ago on blue..sure the end game raiding scene was kind of toxic but the rest of the game was pretty good. I found groups everywhere. EC tunnel seemed active enough. It was overall a pretty fun leveling experience and even some of the low end raiding was pretty fun (usually). Seems like any semblance of "classic" EQ might actually be dead dead now. Sad.

[Valakut]

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

Good lord. What has happened to P99? When I played years ago on blue..sure the end game raiding scene was kind of toxic but the rest of the game was pretty good. I found groups everywhere. EC tunnel seemed active enough. It was overall a pretty fun leveling experience and even some of the low end raiding was pretty fun (usually). Seems like any semblance of "classic" EQ might actually be dead dead now. Sad.

yeah its unfortunate but as someone who got to see all 3 eras on p99. everyone always thought the next era would make the server better but all it ever did was make it worse.

vanilla - knights who say ni hosting 150 person fear crawl pugs just pure classic adventuring
kunark - casual guilds clearing fear trash for fun and random armor drops shaman epics are 25k
velious - everyone is scared to zone into fear for fear of being disqualified on raid loot

i know fear is a niche thing but its a good reflection of how the server devolved from adventuring with strangers into cold calculating pixel drop rate probabilities