How does pvp work around caravans?

https://ashesofcreation.wiki/Caravans

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I mean, you can if you have the people for that. But imo, if you have that many people who are that well-coordinated, it'd be just easier to defend your caravan in its pvp zone.

And if you, as a guild or a constant group of people, have any kinds of enemies who are explicitly targeting you and your caravans - your scouts would just be an indicator to them that you're doing a caravan run. And considering that mounts will most likely move faster than a caravan, they'll just find you by running around a bit.

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We got no info on any of that, but here's a video from pre-alpha. People could outrun it on foot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq5ybMyF8nc

And I somehow doubt that caravans will be changed to being much faster than this. Mainly because the whole point of attackers and defenders is to be able to stay on pace with the caravan itself, while pvping each other.

@Gandalfthegrape you haven't read the wiki properly. Caravan's zone is an opt-in system. When you come across a caravan or it just happens to ride up to you, you'll be asked "do you want to attack or defend or ignore the caravan". And unless you choose either of the first two options, you won't participate in the pvp for the caravan.

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A caravan = 100 runs. And those are back and forth runs and not just one-offs. And depending on how fast a mule can walk (I'd personally hope slower than a caravan), you might be able to cut down some time using it.

But if you're running somewhere with a mule, PKing you will be one of the most appealing things in the game. Using a mule will mean that you have potentially x10 of a person's inventory. And even if you fight back and the mule only drops half of what a green one would drop - that would most likely still be more than a full inventory of stuff.

Running a caravan saves you time and pushes you to be more social (cause you'd probably need protection or to share the caravan with other people).

But yes, I do believe that caravans will most likely be run by guilds, with most other caravans just being mayoral and quest-based ones.