1200+ Players!!!

[eqgmrdbz]

Holy crap!!! :eek:

[Noraa3903]

Thats actually pretty standard. Kinda crowded really

[eqgmrdbz]

Really, havnt seen this many peeps, thats why i was surprised.

[Lune]

Wonder why the pop grew so much from 5-600 about 1.5 years after kunark until 1200 now.

Twitch? TMO getting trust-busted? Whispers of Velious? The death of EQMac? We may never know. Filthy newbacks taking my merbs

[Tewaz]

Boxing.

[harnold]

Wait until velious is released, i estimate the server pop to be no less than 5,000. That will be one heck of a boat ride!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eqgmrdbz]

5K...WOW!...that would be something to see and enjoy.

[Swish]

Sebilis/KC/CoM/etc all p crowded.

Bored of that endless LFG time?...

Can't keep up with the EC tunnel spam with 200 people going at it?...

http://i.imgur.com/DkLBQJw.gif

[applesauce25r624]

there's too many minorities... at my water park

[Tenlaar]

Sebilis/KC/CoM/etc all p crowded.

Bored of that endless LFG time?...

Can't keep up with the EC tunnel spam with 200 people going at it?...

http://i.imgur.com/DkLBQJw.gif

I feel like there is a point where this shit becomes equivalent to troll-spamming, and you're about there.

[scythic]

I know many have come from Al'Kabor as well as the Time Locked Progression servers.

[Tenloar]

Sebilis/KC/CoM/etc all p crowded.

Bored of that endless LFG time?...

Can't keep up with the EC tunnel spam with 200 people going at it?...

http://i.imgur.com/DkLBQJw.gif

[Aveenia]

I came from EQMac, guilty as charged.

[Clark]

Woot

[khanable]

approx. 1/5 of that was in EJ lol

[Swish]

I feel like there is a point where this shit becomes equivalent to troll-spamming, and you're about there.

I feel equally angry at the response I get to these, except its more than 1 angry reply each time.

Put me on ignore if its bothering you, I'm just trying to help out a community that could really thrive with more players. I know some people can't/won't and will refuse to even log in, but I also know there's people out there who haven't experienced EQ PvP on live or on red and I believe everyone should try it once.

Sunday nights are very difficult to enjoy on blue given that a lot of popular zones (at all levels) become quite overcrowded. Instead of fighting over mobs in MM, Unrest, CoM etc... there is a P99 alternative out there, and Sunday nights are usually the busiest on red as well as blue.

TL;DR - please don't be offended <3

[Tenlaar]

I feel equally angry at the response I get to these, except its more than 1 angry reply each time.

Put me on ignore if its bothering you, I'm just trying to help out a community that could really thrive with more players.

If you think you make me angry, you are mistaken. Could the reason you get more than one person who wants you to stop be because you are not accomplishing anything but being annoying?

You are not helping the red community. You are just spamming the blue community.

[Swish]

If you think you make me angry, you are mistaken. Could the reason you get more than one person who wants you to stop be because you are not accomplishing anything but being annoying?

You are not helping the red community. You are just spamming the blue community.

I've helped a bunch of people get started (and I know I'm not the only one), and having exhausted what I had in my bank space, and a lot of plat... I'm now still trying where I can to at least make items up at cost prices, do the combines for free if people have the mats etc.

There's barely any active JCers on red, so how are new players supposed to get HP rings and resist gear that are important for survival?

Oh but wait, you don't care about any of that...just stop posting in server chat, right? This isn't "blue chat", btw :p

http://i.imgur.com/KEM5IgF.gif http://i.imgur.com/1fqHXLI.gif etc

[indiscriminate_hater]

Swish convinced me to roll red. trustory

[Tenlaar]

This isn't "blue chat", btw :p

If this isn't a blue server chat subforum, then why would there be a red server chat subforum and why do you post "play red" posts in it?

[Swish]

If this isn't a blue server chat subforum, then why would there be a red server chat subforum and why do you post "play red" posts in it?

If I'm not allowed to post here, why aren't the posts moved/deleted? :rolleyes:

How about a little tolerance? Maybe I'll make a new EC character every 30 minutes (WoW gold spam style) and come and harass the TunnelQuesters instead?

[Tenlaar]

If I'm not allowed to post here, why aren't the posts moved/deleted? :rolleyes:

How about a little tolerance? Maybe I'll make a new EC character every 30 minutes (WoW gold spam style) and come and harass the TunnelQuesters instead?

So you're saying that you are fully aware that your comment about this not being blue forums was complete and utter BS? Cool.

[Swish]

So you're saying that you are fully aware that your comment about this not being blue forums was complete and utter BS? Cool.

I didn't say that, did I?

Lets not make this a RNF thread, I apologize to the OP for this tragic derail.

[Tenlaar]

Yes, hopefully no more of these stupid play red derails happen when somebody makes a post about the blue server.

[Oleris]

will be over 9,000 on velious launch.

[Sidelle]

Tenlaar. You're acting like a giant douche...

[Clark]

approx. 1/5 of that was in EJ lol

Lol

[Kytross]

So are we looking at a new server because of the overcrowding

:rolleyes:

[indiscriminate_hater]

So are we looking at a new server because of the overcrowding

:rolleyes:

http://www.dominiquefalla.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/wipe-slate-clean.jpg

[Bazia]

Tenlaar sounds like a whiny faggot, god forbid you spend .03 seconds glancing over a post you're not interested in.

Truly first world problems.

[fastboy21]

Yes, hopefully no more of these stupid play red derails happen when somebody makes a post about the blue server.

You can't make fun of Swish here...he is the coolest guy ever, and we love him. Back the F-CK up!

[nicemace]

should make a p99 mirror server with boxing allowed. that way would reduce over crowding and people could go to a less populated server without the 'oh im playing on a dead server' feel.

[Daywolf]

derailed to red mojo talk... :p
Blue is populated, reminds me of PEQ some years back, though everyone was multi-boxing, so more individual players here overall. Dungeons are a little over crowded now, but still plenty of outdoor zones to be had, no bonus - but no wait - so more exp. Of course EC being the most populated at ~200 or so. And on that note, crafted bows at x2.0-2.5 over component cost, pst/pm for orders, get'em before velious' haste hits :D

should make a p99 mirror server with boxing allowed. I don't think so :p

[Rec]

Yeah a new blue server would be funny just to watch it kill red off totally even though the people supposedly like pvp.

[holsteinrx7]

still LFG

[Leeyuuduu]

should make a p99 mirror server with boxing allowed. that way would reduce over crowding and people could go to a less populated server without the 'oh im playing on a dead server' feel.

Server isn't overcrowded, certain zones are overcrowded. The majority of the servers hunts in only a few select zones on their way from 1 to 60. If you make a boxed server, guess where people are going to box. That's right, in those same zones, and they'll get full 2-3x as fast.

[Daywolf]

Server isn't overcrowded, certain zones are overcrowded. The majority of the servers hunts in only a few select zones on their way from 1 to 60. If you make a boxed server, guess where people are going to box. That's right, in those same zones, and they'll get full 2-3x as fast.
Yeah it usually results in duoing a multibox up as fast as possible, then PL'ing all the other character slots on your account. When PEQ was heavily populated, dungeons were an absolute nightmare with multi-boxers loosing control of their camps and then training over everyone. And often in dungeon spots, you had one person controlling a camp, even multiple camps; was more the norm there rather than the exception here with solo farmers. But that was the best thing available on the emu's at the time. Such a P99 server would be a complete waste of volunteer resources to get it going, the server would just be awful especially if it actually had a population. If he just wants to multi-box, go to PEQ, far less people there now.

[Waedawen]

If this isn't a blue server chat subforum, then why would there be a red server chat subforum and why do you post "play red" posts in it?

try not to spill your ego all over the rest of us

[GnashingOfTeeth]

Holy crap!!! :eek:

Queue up the RED posts to join.

Butt... Butthurt is bad, for butthurt. IMO.

LOL salty tears ={

http://media.giphy.com/media/926tiACDL6UMw/giphy.gif

[Swish]

try not to spill your ego all over the rest of us

http://s17.postimg.org/uz4ee9pb3/yeah_trading_places2.jpg


You can't make fun of Swish here...he is the coolest guy ever

http://mrwgifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Cat-Meows-In-Agreement.gif

[Speaker]

SOE closed Vanguard, a number of old school EQ players from Vanguard have recently came over.

[Whirled]

I do not know much about PvP since I've only had a few lower lvl characters but if handing in the PoD book makes you PvP then why not just make Red server another Blue and PvP would be handing in the book / population is cut in half & more fluid game play for those waiting in line for the day they get their drop off X monster?

I'm no master of EQ knowledge but just throwing another idea out is all.

[arsenalpow]

Currently the biggest divide on blue is the two raiding styles. If population is too crowded here's my suggestion.

Create a brand new blue server, allow /movelog from the original blue server to the new blue server. The raid rules on the new server will be created by the guilds on the server and enforced by the staff in the spirit of the current class R rotation system. The TMO/IB raid style can live on the original blue server. I'd bet that every class R guild would move over and most casuals would go as well.

[fastboy21]

Currently the biggest divide on blue is the two raiding styles. If population is too crowded here's my suggestion.

Create a brand new blue server, allow /movelog from the original blue server to the new blue server. The raid rules on the new server will be created by the guilds on the server and enforced by the staff in the spirit of the current class R rotation system. The TMO/IB raid style can live on the original blue server. I'd bet that every class R guild would move over and most casuals would go as well.

It's not too crowded, it's too top heavy. At some point we will eventually (years?) hit a tipping point where even the hard core folks with the most invested will see that hitting the reset button is more fun than playing on a permanent static server. My saturation point is prob 2 years after velious release...it's just not as much fun for me to imagine playing EQ after that. If velious is more than two years away I'd say hit it now So that we can enjoy it on a closer to time line experience, but I doubt it's that far off

[Swish]

I do not know much about PvP since I've only had a few lower lvl characters but if handing in the PoD book makes you PvP then why not just make Red server another Blue and PvP would be handing in the book / population is cut in half & more fluid game play for those waiting in line for the day they get their drop off X monster?

I'm no master of EQ knowledge but just throwing another idea out is all.

Blue characters can attack pvp flagged players and there's nothing they can do about it. Terribly programmed (but classic).

[Whirled]

So... hypothetically could a whole raid of PvP flagged ppl go about their raid with NoN-PvP ppl not able to interfere or that too expanse?

Obviously the PvE aspect would still be there also but perhaps if there was a simple code addition to alternate PvP day to NoN Pvp day could also alleviate the FTE and other problems we hear about.

IDK man maybe I just wasting breath. I just hate to see so many ppl wanting to play the game and if there's some way to help or even a glimmer of an idea I figured I'd try to bring it to light so others with much more knowledge could mull it over whether it's possible or not

[arsenalpow]

It's not too crowded, it's too top heavy. At some point we will eventually (years?) hit a tipping point where even the hard core folks with the most invested will see that hitting the reset button is more fun than playing on a permanent static server. My saturation point is prob 2 years after velious release...it's just not as much fun for me to imagine playing EQ after that. If velious is more than two years away I'd say hit it now So that we can enjoy it on a closer to time line experience, but I doubt it's that far off

The only guilds currently saturated are TMO/IB who have been in VP for years. Before the raid cycle system anyone else who wanted to go into VP got trained into oblivion. Now if you want to raid in VP you're forced to subscribe to the TMO/IB playstyle which 80% of the server doesn't want.

Now think about velious. Do you really think IB/TMO will want to share ToV or Sleepers? At what point do the more casual raiders get a crack at that? Hell, even VP will still be contested for years into velious. I'm thinking about starting a petition and talking to all the class R guilds to see if most people feel this way. I don't really have any interest dealing with the same stupid cycle of shithead raiding in velious and class C entitlement. I'd rather have a splinter server where guilds that want to create a better raid scene can flourish and promote a better EQ raiding experience.

[arsenalpow]

Blue characters can attack pvp flagged players and there's nothing they can do about it. Terribly programmed (but classic).

Incorrect. You must flag PvP to attack someone else flagged PvP.

[Ravager]

The game is too well known. 1200 wouldn't be too crowded if loot were more equitably stocked across all of the dungeons and zones and every zone had a raid boss, but that's not classic. I think non classic zems in under used zones would go a long way to spread people out and would actually enhance the classic feel, even if not a classic mechanic.

[Swish]

Incorrect. You must flag PvP to attack someone else flagged PvP.

I created a pvp flagged guy for kicks in the EC tunnel a couple of years back and tried to impose a toll on anyone running through (instead of walking) to meet required Norrathian health and safety requirements.

Guess what happened?

No pvp flag was required.

[Whirled]

I created a pvp flagged guy for kicks in the EC tunnel a couple of years back and tried to impose a toll on anyone running through (instead of walking) to meet required Norrathian health and safety requirements.

Guess what happened?

No pvp flag was required.

...but you couldn't attack them?

[Gimp]

The only guilds currently saturated are TMO/IB who have been in VP for years. Before the raid cycle system anyone else who wanted to go into VP got trained into oblivion. Now if you want to raid in VP you're forced to subscribe to the TMO/IB playstyle which 80% of the server doesn't want.

Now think about velious. Do you really think IB/TMO will want to share ToV or Sleepers? At what point do the more casual raiders get a crack at that? Hell, even VP will still be contested for years into velious. I'm thinking about starting a petition and talking to all the class R guilds to see if most people feel this way. I don't really have any interest dealing with the same stupid cycle of shithead raiding in velious and class C entitlement. I'd rather have a splinter server where guilds that want to create a better raid scene can flourish and promote a better EQ raiding experience.

You're delusional if you think one guild wouldn't take the top spot on this mythical splinter server you're dreaming of. It would be the same thing, just a different guild tag.

[mgellan]

Wonder why the pop grew so much from 5-600 about 1.5 years after kunark until 1200 now.

Twitch? TMO getting trust-busted? Whispers of Velious? The death of EQMac? We may never know. Filthy newbacks taking my merbs

I was on the Facebook Everquest group yesterday and almost every thread mentions P99, lots of buzz means new players. I've certainly buffed a lot of first time players lately!

Regards,
Mg

[Swish]

...but you couldn't attack them?

Nope, can't attack blue players as they're not flagged for pvp.

See the silliness of it? :p

[Tewaz]

Swish, I will make a pvp player and we can battle.

[Whirled]

Nope, can't attack blue players as they're not flagged for pvp.

See the silliness of it? :p

That is quite the irony, yes.
I guess if there's no way to try to use that in any form as a solution than those ideas are dumpster linings.

[arsenalpow]

You're delusional if you think one guild wouldn't take the top spot on this mythical splinter server you're dreaming of. It would be the same thing, just a different guild tag.

Do you lack reading comprehension? Class R currently has 10 guilds that peacefully rotate content plus up and comers like Harmony and MC that will be added when they are ready (actually Harmony already is slotted for some targets) the point of the mirror server would be to channel that class R spirit of working together to make the raid environment tolerable for anyone who would like to participate. We'll take the class R model and staff will enforce it. One guild won't "take over" because the entire point of the server is to avoid that. If a guild desires open competition then the original blue server could provide that. They'd find guilds like TMO and IB who also enjoy that playstyle.

[arsenalpow]

And swish you're wrong. I'll test it with you tonight if you'd like to see. BDA has done a PvP week before where we flagged the entire guild red. Only other flagged players could attack us which was only a handful of TMO like Internode and Sentenza.

[webrunner5]

Typical Blue thread highjacked by Red players. Just go the hell away. We ALL KNOW about Red on Blue. IF we wanted to play on there we would be on there. I am not saying it is not a bad server, but the population shows most people want NOTHING to do with it, including me. Give it up. :mad: