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That being said, I have experience with combat in real life Roleplaying and have found that as soon as (imagined/roleplay) "hatred" gets into the mix, the combat becomes substantially less enjoyable. I really love the combat of grouped battle, with tactics and maneuvering to gain advantage, something that the game system largely reduces to either impossibility or near triviality. Even in PvE (NPC) situations the battles here lack coherence and any form of discipline, nor is there a realistic way to disrupt formations or gain advantage by circling a foe.

In my real-life, skill-based, consensual PvP, we also raise our foes up (rez them) and do them honor at the end of the battle in song and story, and embrace them in friendship. This informs my personal *and* roleplay attitudes.

In terms of my game experience, I do not enjoy PvP because it is missing those things that make PvP fun for me. I do enjoy massive PvE (such as the Kitin Mounds event) and other such things. I do believe in sharing. I believe in helping my "foe" both as an IRL *and* an RP facet of my personality. There is nothing in the rules of RP that says I must RP opposite my true personality (and largely I do not). Atys is a rich world. There is no reason to hoard valuable mats. When RP gets in the way of allowing all folk to enjoy the riches of Atys, I object, both IC and OOC.

-- written OOC/HRP