PvP: Did I join the PvP server by accident?

[Tiamat2]

<p>I recently came back to EQ2 to play as the Fae/Arasai.  I started my Arasai on Vox (without playing close enough attention I guess) and have played a little this week until I reached level 11.  I recently noticed a small box next to my character name that said I was eligible for PvP combat.  For some reason I didn't notice this until I was killed twice today by what I thought was a monster called "Slayer Medro."  I found out later that was another player and I was being killed in PvP encounters.</p><p> I don't want to participate in PvP, but I don't see anywhere to turn off my partipation.  What is the story with PvP?  Is it restricted to certain servers?  Can I turn off my participation?  I find this kind of frustrating and I don't really want to start over.</p>

[Lanalia]

<p>Short version: Yes, you accidentally joined a PvP server and no, there's no way to disable PvP on the PvP servers. <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Fortunately, being only level 11, even though you <b>don't </b>want to start over, it's really not <b>that</b> bad to start over on a non-PvP server right away.</p>

[Tiamat2]

<p>I guess I have some work to do over the rest of the weekend.</p><p>What a silly mistake to make.  Though in my defense, this is very poorly explained by the documentation.  There isn't anything in the in-game help that explains this that I could find.</p>

[Rabid-Othmir]

When you reach the server selection portion of character creation servers designated for PvP are maked as such.

[Josgar]

on the server select screen: EXC=exchange PVP= Player V Player RP = Roleplay

[Novusod]

Oh sorry about the kills. I am "Slayer Medro" I made the same mistake over a year ago but I stayed with it. I probably would have left EQ2 a while ago if I had not found PvP.

[Mareth]

<cite>Tiamat2 wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>I recently came back to EQ2 to play as the Fae/Arasai.  I started my Arasai on Vox (without playing close enough attention I guess) and have played a little this week until I reached level 11.  I recently noticed a small box next to my character name that said I was eligible for PvP combat.  For some reason I didn't notice this until I was killed twice today by what I thought was a monster called "Slayer Medro."  I found out later that was another player and I was being killed in PvP encounters.</p><p> I don't want to participate in PvP, but I don't see anywhere to turn off my partipation.  What is the story with PvP?  Is it restricted to certain servers?  Can I turn off my participation?  I find this kind of frustrating and I don't really want to start over.</p></blockquote>Since you know that PvP is the abbreviation for Player versus Player, you should also be able to understand what it means when it says (PvP) behind the name of a server at character creation.

[cidienboul]

You're level 11... it takes like 2 hours to get to level 11.  This will sound more rude than it's meant to be.. but get over it.  If the first 11 levels are a big deal to you, you're going to go insane trying to level in the rest of the game.

[Tiamat2]

<p>How cruel people can be on here.  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>I selected Vox too quickly because it was the only "light" and must have missed the PvP next to it.  However, I wouldn't have assumed that you couldn't turn it off anyway.  As I said, my only defense is that PvP is not explained anywhere in the documentation.  It doesn't say you can't turn it off on a PvP server.  It doesn't talk about level 10 being the gateway.  The only way to find some of this information is a news item stored on the EQ 2 players site. </p><p>I didn't want to abandon my character so I asked if PvP could be turned off.  Is that such a ridiculous thing to assume?  You can turn PvP off in SWG, CoH, and CoV.  You can't in Lineage II.  So it varies.</p><p>Anyway, I'm back to level 10 with a different character so it wasn't a huge deal, just an annoyance.</p>

[Moldylocks]

<p>It was a mistake, and its easy to start over.</p><p>As for the earlier rudeness, you just attracted some PvP server people to reply.  They're gnats.  There's a reason why there's only a small sector of servers dedicated to them.  However, you put "PvP" in the title of your post so its like moths to a flame.</p>

[tass]

<cite>Moldylocks wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>It was a mistake, and its easy to start over.</p><p>As for the earlier rudeness, you just attracted some PvP server people to reply.  They're gnats.  There's a reason why there's only a small sector of servers dedicated to them.  However, you put "PvP" in the title of your post so its like moths to a flame.</p></blockquote>gnatts!! "Decapatates moldys grpmate" ok im done here<img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />. God I hate these smiles. Cheapskate forums.

[Mwahaha]

Vox has PvP? <img src="/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Novusod]

Of course Vox has PvP. I killed 360 arsai just since Neriak went live.

[Tiamat2]

<cite>Novusod wrote:</cite><blockquote>Of course Vox has PvP. I killed 360 arsai just since Neriak went live. </blockquote> You're awesome.  Those two kills of me when I was fishing . . . brilliant!  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Zoranderr]

<cite>Tiamat2 wrote:</cite><blockquote> You're awesome.  Those two kills of me when I was fishing . . . brilliant!  <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></blockquote> Clearly outplayed <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />