Seriously considering the switch

[Kerafyrm]

Hello everyone! I have seen the various advertising for Red on the Blue forums and I believe I am ready to bite. I have only been playing on P99 for a couple of weeks. I do have a few questions if anyone would be able to answer them.

Does the server have an active EXP bonus? I looked it up but was confused by the answers.

I hear people talk about a close knit community. But also alot of griefers. For the most part are people pretty jovial. Example: Person A gets Ganked by Person B. Do they have a laugh about it in OOC or does it become a flame war?

How newbie friendly is the server? I'm not talking about handouts. I mean if a new player is leveling in a low level zone is it swarmed with griefers trying to keep them from leveling?

Needed classes?

Again I am sorry for the influx of questions. Just I am very passionate about my characters when I play and I enjoy a tight knit community. Thank you for any insight you can offer.

[Farzo]

In short:

Not newbie friendly, you will die, it will be frustrating, however if you stick it out it's a great server.

Gotta move around abit to xp; don't whine in /ooc about been pvped people dislike it.

Once you log in quite a bit and level up ( it''s quite fast with the xp bonus) you'll find the nice people =)

WARNING:

You will have people trying to convince you of shit that happened up to 3 years ago on the server, just nod, and listen to their blah blah and remind yourself it has nothing to do with you as there are alot of haters/bitter people on this server with alot of snakey venom waiting for the new players.

A cleric,rogue,monk will get you a guild pronto! A Druid can solo/port/easy to level.
But play something you enjoy.

[Jenni D]

just join nihi like every other player has done since 2012. #profit

[Farzo]

Oh and the xp highway is: starting zones-->Unrest-->MM-->CoM

So naturally there is alot of PvP/Griefing etc. in those zones.

[Farzo]

You can go 1-50 non-guilded, but post 50 it's best you join a guild as the server pretty much splits in to two groups:

Nilly and Anti Nilly ( + a small group of indifferent and solo PvPers)

[Tassador]

Just play make your own determination it's not splitting the atom it's fucking eq 16 years later.

[rollin5k]

Def pay a soloable class and avoid high traffic areas. You will be killed by the unemployed otherwise. heavily twinked characters you literally can't kill will want to grief you. Drag you're pet to guards, train you etc.

[rollin5k]

All that excitement renders blue unplayable though!

[dethbringre]

Start as a porter or chanter/necro. Something that can solo easily.

Like above poster said, it doesnt take long to level up. Use that solo class to farm your true class some gear, it'll be much less painful to start up a class that cant solo well with 10-15k worth of gear.

[Sektor]

Make a wizard