FFA and item loot (actually and exp loss) are things that people always seem to think are good for pvp. But they actually lead to less pvp.
All you have to do is compare Rallos to Vallon/Tallon. There was way more pvp on VZ/TZ. Rallos was naked pk gankers and quick bagging no fight back gankees.
Items in EQ are hard to get. Some things are quested items that may have taken weeks (or more) for someone to acquire. Just to lose to a ganker because you had to AFK and go get the door, or heaven forbid interact with another person outside the game (spouse, kid, someone at the door, etc.)
The ONLY good aspect of item loot is the gankers are usually naked instead of some fungi twink so more killable.
Does anyone remember Rallos? It was just a bunch of naked people running around who would put there stuff on if they were sure there were no 'pkers' around. It was fun to try to put together your best no drop outfit..but than that destroys the whole purpose of item loot actually.
I kill the guy in my zone because he's on the enemy team and needs to die. I don't kill him to score his banded mail.
I think for this server to thrive like any server it needs a good balance of hardcore people and casual people:
For example, a casual player sometimes things come up where they have to afk for something without warning. On a pvp server there's a good chance they come back dead. They deal with it, sucks but comes with the territory of a pvp server. Now they have a CR or maybe log for the night a little pissed. Now if that same thing happens and they also took their totemic helm that they quested for a week or more to get, there's a good chance they throw up my hands and say screw this server I'm out. Someone might say well you should've bagged your stuff before you went afk...but unless EQ is your job, stuff happens around you that is more important than a video game. For the server to thrive you need those casual guys to want to play too.
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