Hidden Nuggets we see all the time...

[Beery]

The Player Versus Player crowd is FAR from a minority. There is a reason it has been an ever increasing focal point in MMORPGs - the people WANT it....

Rubbish! If a majority of people wanted it, it would be more common in games like SWG and even here in LotRO where PvP areas are even more deserted than the PvE areas.

'Far from a minority' implies that PvPers are a majority. That is clearly not the case. PvP fans are always claiming to be a majority, but it's obviously far from being true.

The fact is, most people who play these games are in it for PvE or for social reasons. Beating each other with sticks is something that only a very few can stand for long. The reason being that the following is the type of thing that goes on when people are allowed to start fighting each other in a game:

Two Lore Masters - "Darth Naydor" and "I'pwndjoo" - enter the Prancing Pony together. I'pwndjoo gets out his pet - a bear - and places it right on top of a minstrel. The minstrel moves out of the way and starts to play again. Darth Naydor starts performing all sorts of magic effects. Darth Naydor says to I'pwndjoo "Hey dude, like let's fight dude". I'pwndjoo says "Okay. No wait I have to get a buff dude. Hey, someone give me some food NOW! We wanna fight". No one in the inn responds to I'pwndjoo. Darth Naydor says "Hey let's see what we can get off the NPC" and gets a some stuff from Barliman while I'pwndjoo keeps moving his pet into everyone's face. Then they start talking about how uber each of their weapons are and then they agree to no deathblows. Then they start to fight. All hell breaks loose. One guy goes down and they both start talking again: "Oh you cheated", "No I didn't, you just suck", "You totally cheated you changed weapons on me you cheater". Then I'pwndjoo says "Jeez this inn sucks". Darth Naydor agrees: "Yeah let's get out of here dude I'm feeling gay being next to these minstrels". I'pwndjoo starts dancing around: "Hey, look at me, I'm a minstrel". "Come on dude let's go" says Darth Naydor, "I know a place where we can get some uber loot".
Then they leave, the bear disappears with them and everyone in The Prancing Pony feel like they're dumber than they were before the bozos entered. It takes half an hour for the effects of the bozos to wear off and for the game to start to feel like Middle Earth again