I knew it was advertised as a FFA PvP game. I also know that Notorious Games is a business.

A few months from now the devs just might remove safe zones. First they will have to make a business decision. Can they afford to lose half of their revenue? You know the answer to that already. If the devs can devise an alternate way to allow the carebears to continue enjoying Xsyon without safezones then they might replace safezones with the new mechanic. Whatever that mechanic is it must prevent PK'ers from killing newbs and crafters who want to avoid pvp.

We can debate endlessly what we think the world of Xyson should be, and what the devs wanted it to be. Ultimately it is economics that will decide. One man's virtual world is another man's paycheck. That's just the reality of it.