This change does not prevent fracturing a community, it actively fractures a community that’s been a cornerstone of the game since its launch. RPPVE and RPPVP communities do not overlap as we have been on different servers for over 20 years, instead RPPVP gets torn apart and distributed amongst RP and PVP rulesets. I can only hope that they come to their senses and have it as an option on launch because adding it down the line is a surefire way to ensure that the ruleset does not thrive. I’ve been super excited about this for a long time and RPPVP has been a HUGE aspect of that, the removal of the entire ruleset is honestly enough to refund, which I have done.
Crusader strike is not representative of the rppvp community as a whole and to use that as an example of a server going sideways while in the same breath talking about how incredible Grobbulus was just feels like they are approaching the entire idea in bad faith. Why only consider the possibility where things go wrong rather than the possibility of things being amazing? I would much rather they have RPPVP on launch and if after a few months it isnt what they want - to shut down the server than have them start with NO rppvp option and add it later.
Bad change. Please reconsider.