PvP = RP - I was ganked

[Lythrilux]

it doesn't change the fact that any fun MUST be located within a Roleplaying environment. Of course, PvP has the same value as RP does, but PvP requires the RP justification to take place. The only alternative we have here is logging into Conn.

There's a very fine line between respecting your roleplay whilst preserving fun, and meeting your roleplay at all costs irrespective of the enjoyment of the other player(s). The problem is a lot of players in that PRIME thread seem to have no issue with crossing that line nor do they see the implications of their mentality. Everyone can still have fun and ensure that roleplay is met (i.e players do not need to be uber ganked, and the message of a 'home system' and the treatment of hostilities within that system can be expressed without such tactics) without resorting to what is, in the long-run, destructive behaviour.

Although I think you should be very careful not to directly equate fun to PvP. They're not the necessarily same thing. Fun itself is a combination of every single mechanic and concept we can find in the game, from RP to PvP to balance to events etc.

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