"Guise, EQ PvP sucks!" - People who never actually played on a classic PvP server and most of whom never leveled past 20 on Red.
Basically the same attitude as people who tried to play regular EQ but who gave up on the game after being repeatedly owned by decaying skeletons.
No one who actually played classic EQ PvP enough to have a worthwhile opinion of it thinks it sucks. They might say it's quirky or unbalanced in many ways, or that PvP gameplay doesn't appeal to them personally anymore because they prefer a more relaxed experience these days. But they won't say it sucks. Because it doesn't.
Sure, no one likes getting destroyed in PvP and having to CR across a continent. You know what else people don't like? Wiping at the bottom of a dungeon with no Rez in sight. But that's part of EQ. This is a game of risk and reward. That's what makes it fun and engaging. EQ PvP simply increases the risk and commensurately increases the reward of playing the game. It's bizarre that people simply cannot understand this simple point and instead just repeat this zombie-like refrain of how bad EQ PvP is, when by the same logic the game itself is also awful and punishing.
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