Personally i would like open world pvp. Certainly with an opt-in system. I think it could open up a lot of things though. Zones feel dead enough as it is. Barely any npc's. Fates are really the only reason to go to them outside of msq. I think Open world pvp would help populate these zones more. It would also open up a lot of rp ideas for people if theyre into that. There's a lot of times i see people rp-ing a "tournament" but in reality its people "fighting" in someones basement because theres no other applicable method besides the wolves den pier. People could rp more things with opt-in open world pvp. I dont think there would need to be a lot of balancing to be done, could just use the current pvp job balancing which...isnt too well balanced but its at least the same system. As for gatherer jobs its as simple as you cant participate until you switch to a combat job. Simple as that. I really dnot think theres as many hurdles to it as some people are assuming. I think it would be nice to see something new and cool added to old zones. I'd rather that than something like mahjong which very few people participate in.