About mandatory PvP.

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And there's plenty opt-in pvp games. And I think it's fine to have one non-opt-in pvp game once a decade (give or take maybe another game).

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And the griefers will be punished. If that's not enough for the victims of said griefing, I guess Ashes will die sooner or later. But I'd rather see it die the game it wants to be than live for maybe a bit longer and still die, because it would become just like all the other non-pvp games and gamers will just return to their old nostalgia games instead of sticking around in Ashes.

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Which is why quite often in L2 the og location-holder would flag up first. If you see a dude running to your place of farm, you'd hit him first to let him know you're ready to throw down and already have the advantage of the first hit.

Though L2's ttk was way shorter than what Ashes wants to have, so it might not be as big of an issue here.