[greatdane]

yes, i just dont understand why people wouldnt want item loot.... for fuck sakes ur taking someones items. Why do people assume population will suck??? The whole EMU community knows this server will already be the end all be all of pvp servers. With that knowledge we already know the server is going to be overpopulated, itemloot or not.

The practical arguments against itemloot have been brought up again and again. If you don't understand them, that's probably your own problem. They are valid, and the real question is whether itemloot's intensifying effect on PvP is worth more than all the inherent problems that come with itemloot.

The population isn't guaranteed to suck with itemloot, but it's safe to say that it's guaranteed to be smaller than without itemloot. The majority are against itemloot, and it stands to reason that there are more who will not play on an itemloot server if they'er against itemloot than there are who will not play on a non-itemloot server if they are for itemloot. The feature has such an enormous influence on how the game is played that many just won't want to deal with it. Itemloot creates an insanely cutthroat environment where there's no room whatsoever for the casual or new player, and while the PvP elitists can argue until they're blue in the face that a PvP server shouldn't cater to "bluebie pussies", the inevitable fact is that those are the players who will make up the bulk of the population if they don't choose to stay away. The hardcore griefing-hungry PvPers who are blind to the consequences of itemloot are a minority.

It's rather naïve to claim that the server will be overpopulated. You don't know anything about Everquest if you seriously believe that.

You do not speak for everyone

No, but it is overwhelmingly obvious by now that anti-itemloot is the majority vote. I don't see how that counts for nothing. It should count for everything.