If they get rid of PVP on Red then I would consider starting some characters there. Throughout my 17 year career playing MMORPGs every time I decide to try a PVP server I soon encounter griefers and gankers lurking everywhere just waiting to make my life a living hell. You try to level up, you are killed. You try to travel, you are killed. From my experience, open PVP in MMO's is a virtual version of the lawlessness of the hooliganism seen in The Purge films.
These kinds of PVPer are the worst of gaming humanity. These fiends thrive on causing distress and discomfort to others. They kill for no reason other than sport. They don't kill for any noble cause. They are cowards that prey on the weak, inexperienced and unprepared. I have never found PVP to be about skill, it's quite the contrary.
So if you can eradicate these kinds of filth from Red then yes maybe people like myself might consider rolling some characters there. I would be very interested to know if there is any player policing of the server and if gankers and griefers are tolerated?
Perhaps I'm wrong about Red. Perhaps I'm jaded after trying to join PVP servers in various MMOs only to be harassed and chased off the server, I'm very skittish. Can you blame me?
However, I can see some value in having PVP servers as a way to keep players in check. People on PVP servers who act out might be subject to street justice which I find very appealing. There are often times on blue I would like to visit some vigilante justice on scumbag players in Mistmoore and other dungeons that monopolize spawns, steal camps or act like dicks training other players.
People are afraid of playing on Red because of a long history of abuse for newbies in the past in various MMOs. Maybe things are different and it's worth at least rolling a character.
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