There will be no real PvP system

[Occhidiangela]

I'm very glad that I recommended to my fellow Lurkers to stay off the PvP servers at retail.  See link:

http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.a...al&T=178465&P=1

While the honor system is actually in the game manual, it will never be implemented.  Therefore, the ganking and griefing will be very prevalent on these servers, and it's just not worth it.  Blizzard continues to say that Battlegrounds will be on ALL server types, so you can still get your PvP action on a Normal server.

Thus, PvP remains fairly pointless - from my months of play on the PvP server in closed beta, I found that 80-90% of all fights are unwinnable for one of the participants due to level difference, and actual PvP fighting really has no point because nothing is gained by either side.

Of course, there are many players who, hoping for an honor system to be implemented post-release, started out on PvP servers.  That's a decision that, had I purchased on opening day, I would have struggled with as well.  Now that Blizzard has finally come forth and stated that an honor system won't be implemented that stops griefers, these players want out, and they can't transfer.

I had written in my Server Type Decision thread:
I hope some of you took my advice and aren't stuck on a server that will get pretty nasty in a month or two if you're not one of the level 50+ chars out there.  Even still, adventuring in areas such as Stranglethorn Vale just isn't interesting when you can't quest without being attacked all the time, especially when going to town.

In the end, PvP servers will simply be PK and griefing servers, and it's a shame.  Based on the initial statements from Blizzard, I had high hopes of an exciting gameplay style that would make the levelling up process more interesting, but I know from my beta days that the interesting moments were too few and far between.

-Bolty
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Looks as though Saxywoo's series of questions here during the beta identified the obstacles to overcome, and Blizz, for the moment, has chosen not to put forth the effort to solve those rather thorny issues. Pity.

Occhi