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Originally Posted by Velerin
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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.
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You nailed it. Some of us look back with nostalgia at our wars covered in no drop with buffs (and this actually worked out in many zones) and think it was legit fun. But your right. It actually changes the game focus quite dramatically into the ganked vs the gankers. Something I think teams 99 needs to avoid to stand out apart from red 99. I think some kind of useful insignia loot would be better.