[Fanfest] Open World PvP

[Roth_Trailfinder]

Opt in would require opt out as well. And that has the potential to be exploited, I would think.

Everquest had several PVP servers once. And each non-PVP server had a number of NPC's (Priest of Discord) that could flag you, permanently, for PVP. In playing EQ since December of 2000 I only ever ran into one person with a red name (signifying PVP enabled) out of the thousands I've seen there. It just was not a popular thing to do there, and I doubt it will be all that popular a thing to do here.

It would be interesting to see what percentage of the population has more than, say, 10 or so PVP instances under their belts. 10-20, or more, would suggest that the person likes to PVP. Fewer would mean that a person tried it and did not care for it. Though there are those who don't care for it but did it for the glamour or the challenge log ...

[Aylis]

Everquest had several PVP servers once. And each non-PVP server had a number of NPC's (Priest of Discord) that could flag you, permanently, for PVP. In playing EQ since December of 2000 I only ever ran into one person with a red name (signifying PVP enabled) out of the thousands I've seen there. It just was not a popular thing to do there, and I doubt it will be all that popular a thing to do here.

The big reason why it wasn't popular on non PVP servers was because if a player let the Priest flag them for PVP, that player forever couldn't receive buff spells from other classes. Worse yet, a healer class couldn't even heal them. They could only self buff and self heal, if my memory is right said player couldn't even take a rez from a cleric. It was pretty much the death knell for the player in a raid heavy and group heavy game with no take backs.

Thankfully that stopped being a thing and games now have a way to toggle on or off pvp so open world pvp is a little more viable and character friendly now-a-days.