These arguments are always so silly. In my opinion, EQ PvP was so cool because of the level of depth it added to the game. The fact that things played out so differently on each of the PvP servers (even when comparing VZ to TZ) is evidence of the game being awesome for the sandboxiness and player-driven communities. I loved EQ PvP for the roleplaying and political intrigue, as well as the danger and excitement.
And besides, you made your experience as hardcore as you wanted, no matter which server you were on.
Rallos anti-PK: easy
Rallos PK: way hardcore
Sullon evil team: easy
Sullon good team: way hardcore
Vallon "light" team: easy
Vallon pure team: way hardcore
Tallon was different, as I remember that server being the true FFA server once all the guilds started 4-teaming early in their history. So it depended more which guild you joined than what actual team you were on. I'd say Pande was easymode, just because they always had that gear/level advantage over everyone else. Kinda like how Nihilum is red99 easymode.
RZ going vast anti majority is one of the most interesting occurrences I have ever heard of in MMO gaming. The ruleset was so hardcore that the players actually turned to hardcore policing themselves. That's pretty great imo, and I wish I had played there as well as on VZ, so I could have been a part of it.
That sort of thing is what modern MMOs are missing, and I really don't know if it's ever going to be possible to get that back, as our attitudes toward these games have changed drastically since 1999. These days everyone is a hardcore PK, and it doesn't even mean anything anymore. A true hardcore player on red99 would go against the grain and preach peace and civility in the face of overwhelming odds and neckbeards with daddy issues.
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