Almost everything you described was PVP oriented.. You'll seriously have to give it some time to get that part in and done.. The devs have said the combat is going to change.. Safezones will change, etc.. Prelude is just a place to start building up your tribe and building a territory. Once we are out of prelude expect mass destruction and tons of PVP fun..

for now PVP is the least developed part of the game.. but it should be obvious why. there is so much detail to every aspect of this game it's crazy. Also I think you've seen as everyone else has the billion totems placed in every inch of the game. People are probably just waiting for more bugs to get fixed or perhaps still just rerolling until they find a place they want to be..