[QUOTE=Surly;59106]I've yet to see any real commitment towards conquest-oriented clans though. Is most of the political scene around here occupied by a sense of PvP vs. PvE players? Seems like most of the community is all cryfaced about one of the two of those labels. It just seems to me that there's no real organization at all, it's just a chaotic shitfest that'll boil down to "griefers" vs "carebears" with lots of chest thumping and pissing contests.

I mean, I'm fine with that... but it just seems weird. Am I missing something big here, or are the clan politics around here just plain dead? Seems like the PvE crowd outnumbers the PvP crowd 2:1, and they just want to play house.[/QUOTE]

You've got a good generalized idea about whats going on atm. There are quite many tribes out there that arent forum heavy. Hopi has been the most noticable pve-zerg ive seen and always have a couple people blindly argue any pvp-centric discussion on the side of pve. I was supportive of the whole evil alliance thing going after them, though did not want involved. Hate zergs but hate nutcupping...

I know of at least 4 clans that have great backgrounds that are taking the "conquest" aspect of the game very seriously. They are basically getting prepped to the best of their abilities and simply waiting to see where everything goes. Im sure there are more than the 4 i know about of course. With the potential this game has, many gaming communities are watching it but worried about committing due to all the other burns they've had with mmo's in the past.

Chances are, unless you are involved with one of the conquest guilds, its probably not in an immediate plan because it is slated for awhile down the road. Also, how many of said active tribes have experience in MMO's that involved conquest? I bet that ones pretty low as well especially judging by the forums when it is merely mentioned "asset destruction" and droves of people stamp out the idea due to pure fear of the topic. Maybe outlooks will change once the anti-asset destruction people see what is capable without direct asset destruction...

Politics will pick up as soon as the game gets moving and combat gets updated. ATM everyone is mainly in a holding pattern waiting on final wipes and startup. I expect everything to change if the release goes smoothly and /hatethreads start popping up like CRAZY when favorite spots get taken and encroached upon regularly...especially if there is nothing anyone can do about it except random out-of-village pvp !