[Softcore PK]

Yes, the dynamic range is a great idea. And if all the bugs can be worked out of it, I support it 100%.

The people saying 8 range is too much seem to be under the impression that any pvp these newbies encounter will be against twinks 8 levels higher. This is really not the case, and beyond the CB griefers us elves have always put up with, it doesn't really happen that often. In the random encounters of players that are +8, I feel they should be able to attack. EQ PvP has never been about fairness and if your options are either to die or escape, players should utilize their skills and make their best efforts at escape.

There are bigger and badder PKs out there, and you should be wary of them. 8 level range seems perfect for this, because that's generally the sort of range you'd see in many exp zones. When you're in your late teens, you are among the higher levels for CB, and you earned your advantage over the early teens by sticking it out and dealing with the people who had an advantage over you. This is nice too, because a lot of places are like this. Start to outlevel oasis and nro? Time to move to loio or somewhere, and start at the bottom rung of the exp ladder for the new zone. Then you get to your late 20s and you're king of that exp zone.. but only because you were able to stick it out, and level while in danger of being killed by the higher levels exping there. No one gets any serious advantage over anyone else, because everyone gets to enjoy being big and bad AND small and easy.