I have seriously considered playing some red and why I haven't gone over can't be explained by one reason only.. It is a mixture of the people playing on red, the ruleset and the population.
Firstly I don't like the ruleset. Sullon Zek had a great rule set where teams were forced. Over on red 90% of the people are in Nihilum and that blows because im a perpetual fan of the underdog and I wouldnt want to be on there team - it would not be any fun! However going up against them isn't fun if you only have a very small amount of people doing it with you.
Secondly the people really turn me off to the server. RnF is fair play and I appreciate it, but some of the people I see over there create posts that really make me question whether or not I want to be on a FFA pvp server with them.
The population is of course an issue but a secondary one - if the server were different more people like me would play on it.... I seriously just don't get why everyone who goes over there joins the same guild.. that is not how pvp happens. Then nihilum people just talk shit on the forums all day, its an awful atmosphere in my opinion.
Forced teams at the conception of the server may have helped stop that from happening by at least creating some legit opposition. Heres an example of why the server is fucked: people who are not in nihilum level to 60, they get bored of having no one on their team, no way to get uber gear, and get owned by 6-1 odds in pvp. They sell their character. Who buys it? Of course the people with all the platinum buy it --> nihilum people. Now if teams were forced ala Sullon Zek, nihilum wouldnt buy that character because it wouldnt be on the same side they are on.. There are plenty of other explanations as to why forced teams = better than FFA, but Im tired and rambling =P
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