agree with the above
No one knows what would happen in such a world.
Right now the focus of the game is to build a foundation for the game's future.
If you're joining the game at this time strictly for pvp, you might have a problem :/.
But whether the system is working as intended or not, only the devs can say.
lol and jeebus use the edit button.
This is really what us members of the Shadowbane community are waiting with baited breath for. We're all for the random open world pvp, that suits us just fine, we're used to random 1v1 battles and whatnot, but our forte is group versus group city seiging, we did it for years, we have the organization, the know-how and the will to ensure that war turns in our favor.
Frankly, people will wish that they were stuck with random griefing, the tears over that won't compare to those that come from their precious city being reduced to rubble and ash.
It's pretty easy to anticipate what would happen with a high degree of certainty in a post apoc scenario, especially on a macro scale. I'm not sure if you're from the US, but an easy case study is post-Katrina New Orleans, and that would be just the tip of the iceberg.
And edit button???
There are many mechanics not in/working atm that will all affect PvP and so to get all up in heat about this mechanic needing to be fixed now is silly. I would rather see them get the world mostly stable and lagfree first then start implementing their game mechanics/tools as they move closer towards launch (cause this game is definitely still beta at most.)
Seems like the OP is mostly concerned that he can't grief someone properly, tho since is it really that hard to notice "Im on someone's land and they are running to attack me..." hmmm maybe if I want to fight back I should get off their land first then see what happens. giving the totem area as safe to players (at the moment) allows people to play without being griefed repeatedly on their lands. So you might not like the mechanic but if you want to PvP at the moment do it off people lands since you are helpless on their land (broken or not.)