Tell me why Red sucks

[arsenalpow]

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

The extra added stressful probability of dying while exping.

Thats pretty much it, I hate the idea of always looking over my shoulder, or constantly watching /who to keep an eye out on potential or well known threats and sometimes just not trusting group members.

And that, is probably the biggest reason people do not and will not play Red99.

Yeah sure the devs pretty much did everything they could aside from add Plane of Knowledge ports, soulbinders, boat translocators, spawning with your gear after death, not making pvp a thing until 60, free gear packs at 60.

People just do not want the added stress of constantly worrying while exping.

If a group wanted to go off the grid and XP they could, but if you want to hunt in the normal spots (MM, CoM, KC, Seb) you will absolutely get ganked.

[Loke]

I think I've posted my views on Red else where, but might as well repeat them. First of all, I don't think Red sucks, it is just good/bad for different players. The main reason I returned to blue was because the end game on red as a support class was a huge pain in the ass if you didn't want to join one of the top guild(s). As a L60 cleric with some friends in the mid-late 50s, it was very hard for us to work on small group objectives (e.g. epics, gear, farming plat) without getting harassed. On blue me and a couple friends can take a couple hours and go farm Kael a bit for armor, on Red doing the same is just asking for some rogue to wait until you're engaged with mobs and then attack. Also, not being able to AFK is pretty annoying.

I also really don't like how a lot of people on that server expect you to inherit their grudges. On a number of occasions I had people bitch at me for not helping them kill someone, when both of the people were guys I got along with. That was probably the biggest thing that kept me from joining a guild. I actually app'd to a guild, but after a few days hanging out with some of their members I just quit associating with them. Random dudes I'd never talked to expected me to help them kill my friends simply because we shared a guild tag, and then threw a fit when I didn't. I actually had members of the guild I had app to grief my exp groups on a number of occasions simply because they were bored. Trying to level up so you can raid, only to have the people you're going to be raiding with waste hours of your time gets old really quick.

I think if I could have started out at 60, not knowing anyone on the server through leveling, and just joined a guild without any pre-existing friendships on the server, it could have been fun. However, by the time I reached 60 I disliked enough people from just about every guild on the server than I really had no desire to join any of them. I also definitely would have made a PvP class instead of a cleric. There is really no benefit to playing a support class, guilds might need them, but you'll spend all your time listening twink rogs and t-staff monks talk shit - either because they killed you, or because youre a pansy for running away, as if a cleric has any chance of winning that fight.

If you're really into PvP and raiding, red is a pretty solid server. Even if youre not that into pvp and only want to raid, it is still probably better than blue. However, if you like to solo harder content, or do small group stuff, or make new friends, red is kind of a hell hole. Blue is just a better experience if you want to play casually imo.