Some very interesting points being made here on both sides. I'm playing on Tichondrius, but having only reached level 24 I can hardly say I've experienced the length and breadth of the PvP system. Yet I am enjoying myself, not just enjoying the game but some of the aspects that arise from PvP servers in particular. I especially have come to enjoy the sense of camaraderie among Horde players, and the us vs. them attitude, and I've had some PvP encounters that were loads of fun. However, I think I have yet to experience any serious greifing. Several of my ventures into Hillsbrad have resulted in my laying face down in a ditch, getting laughed at by mounted alliance, but I have never had my corpse camped or experienced anything that I would call out and out griefing. I don't even particularly blame the alliance members who slayed me. I wouldn't go out of my way to murder lowbies, but if I happened across Alliance who I had a chance against in contested territory I'd probably try to slay them (though probably not if they were much lower than me). And on the other hand I've seen level ?? alliance run right past me while I was questing in Stonetalon and Ashenvale, without giving me even a second glance. These might just be nice people who don't attack lower level characters, but I think it more likely that they had quests of their own, so they didn't have time to kill me. They were likely achievers who were being kept busy by abundant content, not killers looking to destroy anyone they come across.
I suppose there are likely a number of quests from Tarren Mill that I will never complete on account of them being too difficult in a PvP environment, but there are lots of other places I want to explore just as much as Hillsbrad. I still have parts of the Southern Barrens and Ashenvale, and Stonetalon to quest in, and I still need to finally complete Shadowfang Keep, so I can get a look at Blackfathom Deeps and Razorfen Kraul. Perhaps there are some who wouldn't be able to overcome not being able to quest in an area without difficulty, but I guess my personality lets me keep it from bothering me. After all, I know I'm never going to complete every quest and see every part of the world, but there is still plenty that I know I will see that keeps me interested. My opinions could no doubt change over time, but thus far I'm enjoying my PvP server greatly, honor system or not. Though I do echo Mongo's sentiment that we could use more lurkers on the PvP server. The 2-3 (active) person guild is nice, but does not facilitate easy group finding.
I suppose there are likely a number of quests from Tarren Mill that I will never complete on account of them being too difficult in a PvP environment, but there are lots of other places I want to explore just as much as Hillsbrad. I still have parts of the Southern Barrens and Ashenvale, and Stonetalon to quest in, and I still need to finally complete Shadowfang Keep, so I can get a look at Blackfathom Deeps and Razorfen Kraul. Perhaps there are some who wouldn't be able to overcome not being able to quest in an area without difficulty, but I guess my personality lets me keep it from bothering me. After all, I know I'm never going to complete every quest and see every part of the world, but there is still plenty that I know I will see that keeps me interested. My opinions could no doubt change over time, but thus far I'm enjoying my PvP server greatly, honor system or not. Though I do echo Mongo's sentiment that we could use more lurkers on the PvP server. The 2-3 (active) person guild is nice, but does not facilitate easy group finding.