Extaneous, non-thread related commment: everytime I see PVP in print, I think of Scott Kurtz's webcomic.....
Thread related comment: I'm going to try to stay open on this whole issue....haven't played othe MMORPG's, so I can't judge by them. My first instinct is to say, if you want to beat up other players, didn't they come out with a game called Street Fighter or something a while back?