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Originally Posted by jolanar
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I will say that having a teams server was the most roleplay like gameplay I've ever had in an mmo.
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Hammer, meet nail. This is why the Teams PvP server should be called Purple. We already have Blue (PvE) and Red (PvP). If you hand in your book your name turns red. If you type /roleplay your name turns purple. Back in the day there was a message board at EQRP.com where we discussed our ideal ruleset on live to encourage roleplay. The general consensus was that roleplay isn't possible without PvP, but the PvP has to have context. There has to be a reason for the conflict.
Tallon and Vallon Zek provided that context. There was a war among the races. The combination of having an in-character reason to fight and having relatively safe starting areas (compared to Rallos Zek) made these two servers the best RPG experience I've ever had. I ran a roleplaying PvP guild on Vallon. We sought out PvP every time we logged in but we always stayed in character. Longtime P99 lead GM Sirken participated in one of our server wide events and he always raved about how unique an experience Vallon Zek was.
Secrets, a long time contributor to EQEmu, was recently interviewed by Everquest developer ALovingRobot for his YouTube channel. He mentioned how he stopped trying to develop PvP servers and one of the biggest complaints he got from players was how hard it was to make it out of the starting areas. The teams concept I've developed over years addresses this in a way that I think is better than Tallon/Vallon, Sullon or Rallos. I'm not ready to reveal the secret sauce just yet. Still need some help getting set up first.