Rolling on Red99?

[Tecmos Deception]

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

Derubael, +9001 Troll Points.

Staff's newest job seems to be rustlin jimmies!

[Marglar]

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

8) Future of Red99 - I believe this is the main reason why a potential player would hesitate to roll on Red99. Low server population, people asking for server wipe, and the possibility of Teams99 being released after Velious doesn't inspire confidence that effort and achievement here is going to last. I do think that Derubel has somewhat alleviated this concern by implementing the PNP and considering server repops. I am in no way effected if regular server repops happen but it shows that the GMs/devs are doing something in regards to investing their time in the current server. The same goes for implementing a PNP even if some people don't agree with it.

the PnP was the first major victory for me to consider playing there again. what you mentioned here is another major hurdle that should be addressed. I am playing on blue and enjoying myself in the mean time.

[Derubael]

Totally not a troll. Wish more people could see that red isn't the toxic grief fest that everyone makes it out to be. Even before PnP went in, it wasn't half as bad as people made it sound. Now that there's something in place specifically to protect the little guy, I'd like to see some more people rolling over there to get the box going.

Also, I've been spending my time on red recently, so there is more of a staff presence there for people that need help.

EQ PvP is a blast. People just need to give it a try. And the community is actually really great most of the time - the forums are an inaccurate representation of what really goes on in the day to day on the server.

[Marglar]

the global ooc drama queens are a pretty good deterrent too : P

[Daldaen]

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

Totally not a troll. Wish more people could see that red isn't the toxic grief fest that everyone makes it out to be. Even before PnP went in, it wasn't half as bad as people made it sound. Now that there's something in place specifically to protect the little guy, I'd like to see some more people rolling over there to get the box going.

Also, I've been spending my time on red recently, so there is more of a staff presence there for people that need help.

EQ PvP is a blast. People just need to give it a try. And the community is actually really great most of the time - the forums are an inaccurate representation of what really goes on in the day to day on the server.

Fantastic. But having the same 5~ forum trolls post in every other thread in the Blue Server Chat section "NOT A PROBLEM ON R99" gets pretty annoying.

And EQ PvP is a blast... for half the class. The other half are stupidly underpowered and not worth playing. I'm not sure how the community can be "great" when the whole purpose is for the community to at some point in your gameplay, hunt you down and kill you...

[Kazi]

Then you spend all that time getting a nice item and someone kills you and takes it. Meh. I would consider rolling if that and pvp xp loss wasn't a thing. If it's not, thanks for clearing the misconception

[Trox20]

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

Then you spend all that time getting a nice item and someone kills you and takes it. Meh. I would consider rolling if that and pvp xp loss wasn't a thing. If it's not, thanks for clearing the misconception

No XP loss in Pvp and they can only take gold no item loss.

[Kazi]

Originally Posted by Trox20 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No XP loss in Pvp and they can only take gold no item loss.

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[Took]

High server population is fun at low levels and when you have nothing. Hit 60 and enjoy the bottlenecks with 1300 people.

Red99 also isn't as bloated economy wise as blue where casinos are handing out fungis CoFs and manastones. I don't see the challenge in the box anymore.

Faster exp
Less people
No variance
Global ooc
Kill annoying players
camps actually available

PvP deaths = get shit talked in global ooc. People can't XP grief you or loot your items, so who gives a shit if you die to someone. Only thing Red99 doesn't have is the EC tunnel spam.

[Tecmos Deception]

Don't see the challenge on blue anymore? Cool! Red is totally the place to be. You can either zerg PvE and PvP alike, or you can get zerged!

Literally every one of the things you listed about red as a positive is at least as negative. Faster xp = no lowbies to play with. Fewer people = no one to play with. No variance = Nihi locks down the raid scene tighter than TMO ever did. Global ooc = bitchfest. Kill annoying players = get killed by annoying players. Camps actually available = get ganked when you're soloing it cause there's no one to group with.

There's a good reason why blue has 5-10x the pop of red at any given minute of the day, and it's not because red is a place worth being.