Doktoor +1 post man and good recap on the history of the Zek servers. I played on Vallon against you, and also on VZTZ with you (not sure if we were in opposing guilds there.)
Like some one said earlier, ultimately a teams PvP server is more blue but the thing is: a "more blue" team servers caters to MUCH more people.
Pros of a team server (as stated multiple times previously):
1) a safety net in which one can xp/farm content without having to worry about being killed.
2) psychological sense of belonging/association to a particular group. No I'm not talking about running half way across Norrath to save a elf getting CC'd by dark elves-- People who get CC'd are dumb, just log out for a few hours and do RL shit-- I'm talking about running through a zone and you see two dark elves beating on a wood elf druid. You, as the wood elf rogue will definitely sneak/hide, go behind those fgt wizards and continue to backstab them until their dead. Who honestly would turn the other way and just /laugh at his teammate getting slewn? Only a few of the die hard pvpers/griefers who I will provide a very valid point for:
The die hard Pvpers/griefers will play regardless of the ruleset so instead of catering to those select few degenerates: Heartbrand, Tune, Nihilum in general, Holocaust scum-- cater to semi bluebies who would love a new server.
A lot of the mind set at Red99 launch was "LOL I'm going to corpse/bind camp as many bluebies as I can to send them back to Blue99 LOL I'm SO COOL."
Make that shit a bannable offense. Make Corpse Camping illegal. Training illegal. Allow LnS if you're not a fgt who talks crap while looting his corpse. Implement a 8 lvl PvP Range (8 lvls is perfect-- no immortal healer lvl 4 crap-- no FFA lvl range lvl 50s camping lvl 10s in Crushbone.)
Overall though Devs, don't listen to a word that comes out of the mouth from any one with a post count over a thousand. Don't listen to the diehards who as a stated previously, will continue to play regardless. Listen to the masses who would absolutely LOVE a teams server (but don't have the voice/motivation to say so on these forums) in which griefing is very limited, if not a bannable offense.
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