I am curious what purpose ANY of this serves?

If a tribes FOCUS is pvp then they are a pvp tribe. The focus comes from the members of the tribe not what folks outside the tribe think/believe/feel.

If that focus changes, then outside of a tribe folks could believe and say that the the tribe is not a pvp tribe, because it's focus has now changed to crafting most of the time.

MrDDT's tribe was at first focused on pvp. Now that all those that had the same basic play style have left, his tribe is left to craft and build.

SO...

Let's ALL be honest here.

Perceptions aside, it is a players actions that define what he actually is. The easiest person to fool is yourself, so look not to what you believe you are but how you act to see what you are.

There are NO real or true PVP focused tribes in this game since PVP is still not working.

( that's right MrDDT even your tribe is not a pvp tribe )