[imported_Lindenwood]

I didn't say it was balanced. I said it was the most balanced server Ive ever played on. It was almost impossible to kill people in PvP without high enough magery to consistantly FS (at least for 1v1).

Every aspect of PvP was useful:

It was useful, but not required, to use higher level armors.
It was useful, but not required, to carry a decent range weapon.
It was useful, but not required, to carry a few of each kind of potion.
It was useful, but not required, to have a good melee setup.
It was useful, but not required, to carry some scrolls.
It was useful, but not required, to be GM healing.

Yeah, it through several phases where one of each type was noticably overpower, but overall some very good attempts were made to keep it as balanced as possible.

But, how many servers really feature all those? Every server Ive played on heavily emphasized only a few of those (mostly scrolls and potions). Ive even heard several people here say that armor is not all that important in XUO PvP, and that it is mostly about magery (scrolls), potions, healing, and maybe a plain bardiche.

And, you are right that no PvP will ever be truely "balanced," but you make it sound like we should just give up on trying to get it close, and just push it one way or another, which I don't agree with.

A kindof unrelated tangent, I know, but I was just backing up my statement.