Why you like Blue server over Green?

[pivo]

Lately I saw several players made a statement, that Blue server is better.

As someone, new to this game, new to P99, I'm just curious, why? I saw more players logged on Green, so I created my 3 toons there. But before I invest too much time on it, if Blue is better, I may check it out also.

All I know so far is, Blue is more liberal with UI's and you can load player's custom made UI. This is appealing. Any other reason? I heard a lot that Blue is only testing server for Green.

Expansions (Velious, Luclin...) if that is the reason, in my case is not important.

Will/could number of players on Blue keep decreasing? This wouldn't be appealing to me.

I have read, since server is old some 10 years, economy is of course different, but don't quite understand implications of this. Items are cheaper and easier to get?

And last but maybe the most important question for me: is Blue better only for seasoned players, because they already have all the gear or would it be beneficial for fresh new players also?

Tl;Dr - Why is Blue better?

[Jimjam]

Much more diverse raid content.

More zones to explore.

Some appreciable class fixes.

Better twinks to group with.

Better twink items for sale.

Less crowded levelling.

Server scum are better sumped away from general play.

Static server at the end of timeline -everything is already ‘unlocked’.

[saftbudet]

Community is much more toxic on green. Thats kinda what turned me off about green. I have a 50 mage there tho. But no longer play it.

[twill86]

No Dark men of Odus on blue.

[Fammaden]

I spend time on both servers, have a nice stable of characters on both.

The biggest difference and problem is that on blue the ability to get pick-up-groups at low through mid levels has been severely impacted by the launch of green. If you want to play a group centered class, or are just the kind of person who likes to go to the hot leveling zones and say "LFG" rather than solo, then you will have more options on green from 1 to 50.

But if you want to solo mostly then there are real benefits to blue. Lower population and two expansions means more possibility to get a solo camp for yourself. And then you have a thriving end game population to hang out with at 51 to 60.

Blue's current population is very top heavy with higher level characters and many people here just spend a ton of money twinking the hell out of any class they want as an alt and solo to 50, even rogues and warriors. The economy can look imposing but there's great gear for a newbie which is much much cheaper than on green and some stuff that is dirt cheap on blue would blow away any gear you can find on green.

[jolanar]

Better itemization is a big one for me. Gear in classic is boring especially for melees.

More to explore.

Less crowded

Less toxicity.

Better UI options.

Characters I'm attached to after 6 years of playing them.

I actually played classic and remember what it was like having 70+ people in Lower Guk.

[deathusurper]

Tl;Dr - Why is Blue better?

Because who wants to restart/level another character after 7+ years of playing, not knowing what will happen to their Green character once the Green timeline is finished?

[ldgo86]

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

Tl;Dr - Why is Blue better?

Because who wants to restart/level another character after 7+ years of playing, not knowing what will happen to their Green character once the Green timeline is finished?

Your Green character will turn Blue

[Videri]

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

Tl;Dr - Why is Blue better?

Because who wants to restart/level another character after 7+ years of playing, not knowing what will happen to their Green character once the Green timeline is finished?

/raise

I have never played pre-Kunark EQ before. I had never had a chance at legacy items before (scooped some up). I had never had a chance to use some of the pre-Kunark gear before because once Kunark comes out, certain classic gear sucks by comparison. I'm having fun!

And we know what will happen to the Green characters when the Green timeline finishes. They get copied over to Blue so we can continue playing them; and the Green server is wiped and starts anew. It's amazing some people don't understand this plan yet. Some people will keep playing their characters from Green 1.0 on Blue; some will roll again on Green 2.0. Eternal classic EQ as long as you feel like playing it.

OP, I think one of the reason you see people posting about how great Blue is is that they want a bigger population there. They're trying to positively affect the server on which they play. I can relate.

And some people might post about Blue even more than others do about Green, since the popularity of Green speaks for itself. It seems to be about 125-150% of Blue's population most of the time; there were over 2k players at certain points; and I suspect the population will be above 2k again during early Kunark. Green doesn't really need more players...it's a bit snug already. XD

[Ghost of Starman]

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

/raise

And we know what will happen to the Green characters when the Green timeline finishes. They get copied over to Blue so we can continue playing them; and the Green server is wiped and starts anew. It's amazing some people don't understand this plan yet.

You're wrong. This was the ORIGINAL idea, but apparently enough people complained that Rogen posted that this might not happen, so it is NOT guaranteed that toons will roll to blue as was original stated.