I am also not saying it can't be fair play. But there should be bigger potential consequences.
I mean, I watched a lot of people in the past few days just randomly killing player pets but never engaging in actual combat. Why exactly are they doing this? Is this supposed to be the fabled "PvP" people talk about? I mean, that is a rethorical question, I already know the answer. But I'd like to know what excuses people come up with.
boredom, adolescent rage. People are mad at priest changes. People don't have control of their life so they want to control shit on a game.
Some of the pvpers are toxic, even if they aren't killing pets. Some of the blues are toxic, even if they aren't pvping. People are toxic. lol. People are toxic on the internet. The internet enables toxicity. Forums are toxic. Forums have moderation to deal with toxicity.
That shit is not even on the same radar. That's not even really legit gameplay. IT has nothing to do with pvp. It has its use tho, sometimes. I mean, everything is pvp, but generally what people are talking about is not that when they say pvp.
I've always been a person that keeps to myself, more or less. I'd just like to know that I can do what I need to do. I want all tools available. The more they gimp pvp the more it favors people who invest massive time in the game so they can grief/pvp whatever. I don't want to have to invest massive time in the game to be able to do something as simple as fight someone. Pvp is actually fun, and losing your loot is just whatever. I lose loot a lot. lol. And I don't loot people unless I'm the only one there or unless someone was like "I can't carry anymore" w/e. If you play MO, you're not gonna be lacking in reasons to kill people, but I'm actually more interested in the competitive aspect of pvp.
I don't have murderous intent. When I fought people during beta I was high AF and having fun. I was cut off from caring about their feelings, and it's too bad cuz I prol cost some people some stuff. But w/e. Like when I play pvp on nba 2k I'm not worried about my match up's feelings. I'm gonna make him quit if I can. That's how real competition is IMO. But because of the nature of MO and because I know that people are really upset by pvp, you have to worry about it. There are many sides to this.
It's pretty easy to tell who is a kill everything on sight player just by their forum posting, and that playstyle ISN'T WRONG. Same with people who are really morally offended when they die. I mean, I don't PK people USUALLY lol because of the chance it could be someone. I'm not the kinda person who would be like oh shit look at this amazing loot I Came up on. I'd be like... oh wow sucks to be him, but it'd be a shame to let it sit here
That's why, as I've said, I wish you could just flag local grey and you'd stay that way. So everyone would know you were down for pvp. I'd do it, and I wouldn't be fighting everyone on sight. Cuz I'd still be doin' my thing and all, but sometimes you do kinda wanna fight people and wondering if it's someone who is gonna take it really hard sucks in a full loot pvp game. I can't convince myself (sober) that anyone on MO signed up for open loot pvp. But I wish they would get over it.
There is no shortage of people who deserve to die (for using pvp as a 'tool,' meaningful pvp w/e), but sometimes you just wanna fight someone. Obviously, if they are running or whatever that's one thing, but pvp really is the one thing this game has going for it now, and they really did blow it with the parcel system. The MC system was kinda wack, too, but people just AFK'd their MCs away.
There needs to be ways to separate a bandit, a soldier, a murderer, etc... but there isn't cuz no system can do that. That's why I think opening up pvp more and letting people handle it would be smarter. MO1 didn't have this many people. I think more people = more order.
There are all sorts of personality types on this game, but the pvp element is def something, and it shouldn't be as watered down as it is. You shouldn't have to have an alt, a red priest, etc if you wanna pvp. I realize I look at things differently than a lot of people, but I'm also willing to accept their different viewpoints. I'm used to MO1 people trying to kill me a lot. Even then, as I've said before, they didn't try that much, and I did alright considering I spent most of my time on a non-combat.