Sums up red basically.

As a former bluebie, I just got burned out on the 50+ XP grind, so I gave Red
a try a few months ago.

Pros:
Group XP Bonus is da bomb:
No concerns about min-maxers, so play a hybrid.
Who cares if you die, Xp is so fast you make it up quickly.
Explore zones that are empty on blue because they have lower ZEM.
(I've grouped in SolA, Rathe Mountains, Frontier Mountains, LOiO gobbies on
red, but never on blue because ZEM not "high enough".)
Huge motivation to add players to group and get full group bonus.
Global OOC makes it feel like a community and easy to find groups.

Cons:
Nihilum controls the high end content.
Zones like Unrest, MM, COM -- expect Twink Pkers.
Global OOC can be toxic.
Forum threads can be toxic.

Missed out on the Swish twinkage package, Oh well...:)

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Pros:
Group XP Bonus is da bomb:
No concerns about min-maxers, so play a hybrid.
Who cares if you die, Xp is so fast you make it up quickly.
Explore zones that are empty on blue because they have lower ZEM.
(I've grouped in SolA, Rathe Mountains, Frontier Mountains, LOiO gobbies on
red, but never on blue because ZEM not "high enough".)
Huge motivation to add players to group and get full group bonus.
Global OOC makes it feel like a community and easy to find groups.

Cons:
Nihilum controls the high end content.
Zones like Unrest, MM, COM -- expect Twink Pkers.
Global OOC can be toxic.
Forum threads can be toxic.

[/QUOTE]

Pretty accurate. If you get into the highend game on Blue, you will want to move to Red unless you are okay with spending your evenings sitting on a raid spawn fully buffed hoping it will spawn.

I'm starting to consider giving Red a try. I know as a newcomer it will tough (extremely tough) but if I manage to stick it out I can see how the sense of accomplishment would be amazing. I really like the idea of grouping in places that most people never group in because of the added XP bonus.

As I don't really have any friends to start with on Red (maybe I will ask around and see if I can convince some Blueberries), are there certain classes that are best suited for the Red experience?

My main on Blue is a rogue, but I have a feeling they are one of the weakest PvP classes in the game, if not the weakest (or perhaps I'm wrong; just guessing). Maybe I would be better off picking a class that doesn't rely so much on being part of a team?

Fortunately, he can only kill you once, and then you can "loot and scoot" - get your body and move on. I need to add a stipulation to LnS for noob zones so that new players don't have to leave the zone when calling LnS, something that can cause problems for starting zones like Halas or Qeynos, that only really have 1 viable low level spot to xp at.

And if it makes you feel better, when Laledorie started up on red she streamed with Onekill. Within an hour they had like 5 people and a high lvl druid bashing their faces in. They took the beating like champs and ended up getting a ton of PP and items for their trouble.

Those uber twinks running around killing noobies are just starved for PvP, so they grab it anywhere they can (even when it's hardly worth hitting auto-attack). Most of the time they are going to kill you once, then grab you by your collar, pull you up, pat you on the back and let you run off to kill goblins. Some will even give you items/advice.

With over 200 players online at peak time, there's no excuse to not try Red! If the low population bothered you before, you will be pleasantly surprised to find that it's easy to grab a group - everyone wants that XP bonus - even if you're a hybrid class, or another class that's traditionally passed over for more focused classes without a penalty. In fact, rolling a hybrid and grouping on Red 99 is a great way to circumvent that awful XP penalty!

If the only reason you haven't logged in is the pop, it's time to give it a try! If it's the community, you'll be surprised at how much it's changed. If it's the mechanics, there has been quite a few overhauls to several systems to improve PvP mechanics on red. Come give it a try and see what happens!

/endwalloftext

Except that will get you a ban?

Red is just too unclassic for me :/. Global OOC, group exp bonus, yellow text, no item loot...

If you added item loot I'd give it a go. Would be worth trying. But coin loot, meh.

Was it you saying that slow leveling was a bad thing? Chardok AOE was the way to go? Ahh yeah that's right :)

http://i.imgur.com/QcKiNCF.jpg

LOL! Poor dog!!

:cool:

if anyone needs a hand getting started on red send me a PM. i can help you with some plat for lowbie spells and some ports/buffs/bind to get you started.