[Latro]

EVE excepted, I think MMOs today put in PvP as an afterthought. They call it a "feature" among other features that the game has. "You can PvP here while you're waiting to kill <insert boss name> in this game!", the say. But they don't make PvP important to the game. It's just something else to do. To me, this fits into the "theme park syndrome" of these sorts of games. "Go here, do this, oh lookie now you can go here and do this" and so on. PvP is just another ride you can hop on for a bit and then hop off of. Participation or the lack thereof has no impact on the world as a whole.