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And so it is. On single player.

I've got a thread going right now about it, actually. I tried to stay middle ground on it. So far the replies are pretty much victim shaming "they didn't try hard enough to not get blown up" and vague "Well let the server admin decide". So far no one has offered any actual suggestions or...

Protected home system. If you just want to build and mine, thats your protection. You want to leave your protected area, then you're agreeing to the threats. It doesn't have to be 100% either way. Like I said in the OP, treating it as a 100% either or is the best way to make the other side...

Then we are at an impasse. I cannot condone a system where the strong are free to exploit the weak. I believe a game should be fair and fun to play for EVERYONE involved. Which means not being forced to play the game in a way you don't want.

1) I didn't say it was the best answer, I just said it was the simplest. 2) The kind or protection I want to see is defensive. If someone is going out of their area and into yours, they are provoking and deserve whatever retaliation you throw at them.

I'm not on a PvP server. I actively avoid any server that even mentions PvP in the description these days.

That is a decision for the server admin. If you are not the server admin, you don't get to pick and choose who can or cannot be on the server with you. As long as the admin have it open for anyone to join, they have a right to be there as much as you do.

Simplest answer would be "turn it off when you're in someone else's claimed space".

Aye, we can agree there at least. Not letting people change names and hide to escape the consequences of their actions.

Batavium has said repeatedly that there is no such thing as griefing, and that he will gleefully attack newbies or anyone else that he can get his hands on. He has openly bragged that he is exactly the kind of player that drives people away from the game. If you LIKE that kind of thing, thats...

No, you've mistaken my stance. If YOU choose to play in that kind of environment, thats great. More power to you. If you DON'T want to play in that kind of environment, that should also be an option (that doesn't depend on server rules where everybody just promises all sweetly to follow with...

PvP is a part of this game, and there are many players who enjoy it. PvE is also a part of this game, and there are many players who enjoy that. There is not a 100% crossover between the two areas, with the majority of players leaning more towards PvE than towards PvP. Many PvP players enjoy the...

So when was the last time you ever saw the PvP'ers go "Yeah, this restriction to PvP is a good idea"? Its the internet, it always gets taken to the extreme in both directions. Yeah, because most people didn't want it in the first place. Well apparently they do, because of the stink they raise...

I still find it amusing how "Make it so people who don't want to PvP don't have to PvP" always gets inflated to "open world PvP will be impossible!". Lets run with that, can we? Lets say you're on a server with a magic switch that lets you turn your PvP on/off in some way that can't be abused...

I'd say its more akin to you choosing the broadest possible defintion. Its like saying single player Diablo III is an online game because you have to log into the server to play. While technically true, nothing about it actually uses the online format except as DRM. For me, its player VERSUS...

They'd better. I can't think of a single multiplayer game involving mechanical advancement that doesn't go to at least some lengths to protect new players that hasn't crashed and burned. Usually when someone has an unfair advantage in a non-advancement game like Halo or Starcraft (where...

PvP is Player vs. Player. My definition of what that means is that it is someone who wants to fight another human being because the AI opponents in a game are too easy, too predictable, or generally do not pose a suitable challenge. To actually be a PvP'er in my book and not just a griefer, you...

Yes, I am. Way I see it, anyone opposed to even the option of giving newbies a way to protect themselves from people like Batavium is only defending the position because they do it as well and just don't want to publicly admit to it. No honorable PvP'er would want to jump a noob in the first...

No RP server is going to prevent two players who agree to a duel or a war from doing it. Only thing they do is prevent unprovoked attacks. There is a difference between PvP and just jumping people at random.

1) Its a multiplayer game. You don't get to take over the entire universe at the expense of other players. They've got every bit as much right to play on a given server as you do. If we're being perfectly honest, I feel the players who are keeping to themselves and working with other people...