Who says RP has to end in PVP?

[sovereign]

lol wut

You're kidding, right? Cause I am nigh insulted! Especially after me and a DHC challenged each other as to who's organisation is the evil one. It's Daumann of course, shame I had to leave that one early for an event.

I'm going to pitch in and mention how hard the various leaders of Rheinland work to ensure that Rheinland is not a pvp-fest. We regularly work with our opposite numbers ingame to fight off foreign invaders, and if we don't have any particular reason to fight we usually don't...

Liberty is where PvP happens almost always. We do a -lot- of work to keep Rheinland from getting that reputation. If anyone in Rheinland is exhibiting a "PvP is the only option" attitude, then let any Rheinland leader know and we'll arrange a nice chat with them. Please let us know if that was just a mistype or if there's someone or a group of someones you're concerned about- we take just things quite seriously, and don't want to ruin the fun of anyone while they're in Rheinland.

EDIT: Upon reviewing Sprolf's post, I believe it was his intention to say that you'll get PvP no matter where you go and indicated Rheinland as the least likely place for it. Sorry for any confusion, but I'm serious about how we treat even the idea of Rheinland being PvP-crazy... anything you don't like, let us know, please. If you aren't having fun in Rheinland, we want to know, and we'll do what we can to fix it.




I'm also going to fall in with Swift here and say that contrary to popular belief, PvP is not, by nature, evil. Lol-I'm-a-God-lol is just as bad as ganking, and there are some fights that are just as wicked cool as the best of RP.

Personally, I like an RP situation that has the possible threat of PvP without a guarantee in either direction- it's why I smuggle rather than trade, for one; I have to talk for my safety, but I can theoretically get out of anything without a fight or end up in a fight from any encounter. PvP and RP are both fundamental parts of this server, and trying to tear one from the other is quite detrimental to all involved.

I believe Dieter used to use a yin-yang with "RP" on one side and "PvP" on the other side as his avatar... they are both important, and without the presence of one the other suffers. (Note that the presence of PvP is not necessarily the act of fighting- the realization that you could end up fighting is important. What happened to New York when PvP was turned off is a good illustration of this.)

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