You are most likely right that a play-nice policy appeals to the masses (I am by no means a die-hard anymore though)
The problem is how many new folks will actually come try out this server? How many come from a blue background? Who came from a red server? Have these people even played eq in the past? Even with a play nice policy, how many will quit after getting killed and now have a 30 minute corpse run, etc. I really don't have an answer for any of these but all I know is if we shit up the rule set from the get-go just for a chance that a small percentage of players stick around, I don't know if it's worth it.
If we make the rules too player friendly, we may as well go play a WoW emu.
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