Can someone explain the appeal of Blue servers? Really.

[paulgiamatti]

It's the imbalance that brings me to P99 blue. Although I agree MMOs like WoW and its ilk take class balance and casual gameplay to a nauseating extreme, which makes for a very unrewarding gaming experience, EQ PvP as anything except completely optional just seems like a bad idea all around.

My idea of a good PvP environment would involve classes that are much more difficult to level and play and have a much steeper learning curve, but if you invest enough time in it you can become significantly more powerful than other classes. Classes that are weaker and less powerful can flee more easily, or can fill support roles in a hugely beneficial way. I just don't think the foresight was there when EverQuest was originally designed.

I agree EQ PvP is very realistic in a sense, because in reality we live in a capitalistic world where people with more money can screw over the less fortunate, or a random thug can simply walk up behind you and stab you in the back. Conceptually, I don't think this makes for a good PvP gaming idea. I think good PvP is best represented by games like LoL, or the newer FPS MMOs like Planetside 2 or Destiny.

[Estolcles]

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

The mobs have better social skills / more fun to interact with than red player base.

[paulgiamatti]

Also, w/r/t the red playerbase, I think the imbalance of the game and the ability to grief is the cause of the issue. This was just as true for the Zek servers as it is for P99 red - it's the exact same thing, just a smaller population.

It's doesn't make sense to say, "P99 red sucks, because the players are awful people!" The game mechanics suck, which in turn draws the shitty people. Not the other way around.

[iruinedyourday]

You can AFK however long oyu want and come back to your desk after being Bawse IRL and play eq again.

Blue is for bawses.

[Oleris]

game is hard enough without having to worry about someone killing you.

[iruinedyourday]

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

it only hurts the first few times

I was Rzek all up in your clasic EQ.. yea PVP is fun, but fuck that, I want to chill and play eq.. I want to CR on my time not when someone else wants me to CR.

When I want to CR, ill fucking do some stupid shit. Until then, I'll run around and enjoy the fluffy pillows on the giant bed that is Blue99 (silently wishing I could transfer a char to red)

[iruinedyourday]

as much as the rallos zek in me wants to believe that - in my experience Its not true heh.

the warriors of rallos zek are better at greifing or handling greefers, but not just regular eq

also zek was never winning botb tournies [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] cus equip > all and the vast majority of blue's generally have BiS while only a few reds do.

BUT i dont know if that is true on p99 - are reds the winners of best of the best? or what.. is there a leader board for that anyway on the wiki?

[runlvlzero]

blue wya more casual then red. also more groups

not everyone likes to roll chanter, solo, farm, roll pvp twink, grind again, then log out forever after no one to pvp with QQ

[Yami Blind]

The longer I play on Blue, the longer I ask myself the same questions

It's pretty much just the population (and the fact that EQ PvP is retardo imbalanced and a bit unfun for the classes I enjoy playing)

[Nekkojakk]

If blue had the xp bonus and a global OOC system I'd play there.