Originally Posted by Maverick
thats not true at all. on a pvp server once you are in a contested territory or a territory of an opposing fraction you are free game to be killed. its when you duel other players when you ask them too. dueling will not kill one another. otherwise you just kill anyone when ever you want to most of the time.
in L2 pvp is based on a karma system. when you kill a player that isn't flagged as a pker you incur karma points. if your karma points are above zero and you die you have a very high chance of dropping anything in your inventory to include equipped weapons and armor. the only way to work off karma points is to either die, or kill mobs of comparable level to yourself. there are also pvp arenas where karma penalties aren't incurred and items aren't dropped. L2 is a very party oriented game. i've played both. L2 is free and it's a lot more fun imo.