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Originally Posted by Pokesan
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the dueling idea is good because it reflects what EQ devs intended the game to be about - PvP
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From an interview of Brad McQuaid regarding the design origins of Everquest: (
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MMORPG.com: Ultima Online launched within 2 years of EverQuest - did Origin's release influence your design choices, and conversely did it give you any cues as not what to do?
Brad McQuaid: Absolutely. First, it gave us confidence that an MMORPG could be commercially viable. It also reinforced our belief that unrestricted PvP was a bad thing. We'd played PvP MUDs in the past and were not fans of them. The wanton PvP in UO confirmed for us that we wanted to make a primarily PvE game.