PvP

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[edit] PvP Objectives in Fallen Earth

Conflict Towns: Conflict towns are the most common and most important version of PvP in Fallen Earth. Conflict towns begin appearing in Sector 2 , also known as Northfields, and are present in every sector from then on. There are 5-8 Conflict towns per sector, with most having 7. This means, statistically, about a third of all towns are conflict towns.
At the start, conflict towns are neutral and anyone may enter them. Folks in the town will have missions for players to complete, sell goods, offer training, etc. Outside the town are camps for each of the major factions where you can get missions to help destabilize the town and take control of the town for that faction. These missions are tailored to the feel of the different factions. For example, the Travelers may have to get into town and bribe the mayor; the Enforcers may have to deal with some troublesome raiders in the area; the CHOTA may have to rough someone up; the Vistas may have to escort a grain shipment into town. All of these missions are done inside the PvP zone, so players can ambush and sabotage the efforts of their enemy factions to take over the town. Some of these missions may also be at exactly cross purposes, such as a Tech mission to take out the grain shipment the Vistas are guarding. These missions are tracked in a series of point totals and once a faction gets over a certain point total, which is checked every few days, the town changes its allegiance to the faction with the most points. We're going to keep the change schedule as mysterious and unpredictable as possible so folks don't feel like there's no point fighting in a town because it won't switch for a few days.
When the town changes allegiance, all of its NPCs change. The guards are now members of the controlling faction, as are the instructors, mission givers, etc. New missions become available, new merchants show up selling goods that may only be available in that town, new instructors appear (including special knowledges only available in that town), etc. The controlling faction now has to keep doing missions in the town to keep their control points up and thus keep control of the town, while the other factions continue to do missions to destabilize the controlling faction and claim the town for themselves. Once a faction controls the town they have to work to keep its guard numbers up, keep supplies coming in, etc.
Conflict towns are structured in such a way that you don't get the rewards for going and killing a bunch of players for no real reason, but if you go out and take out folks of other factions trying to aid their own faction, you can make a huge difference in who controls the town. Also, if your faction controls the town, you've got at least three other factions looking to take it away from you (though you've hopefully got some helping you as well), and an all-out assault certainly can go a long way towards doing that, so you'll need to keep the town defended. Your reward isn't taking their loot, but getting access to all the new missions, equipment, special abilities, mutations, and crafting knowledges you can only get in that town.

Raid Goals: In PvP areas there will be goals that players can take possession and fight for control of, such as claiming an oil derrick and being able to get a bunch of petroleum. Whoever can control the area around the objective and keep other factions away from it will get extra resources, money, etc. This also may include more complex tasks like rescuing Enforcer leaders from CHOTA camps, guarding Tech operations from Vista commandos, etc.
Arenas: Arenas where players can participate in battles with other players will be found in most sectors of the game. These will allow a number of different team structures, such as one-on-one or five-on-five and specific level ranges, and each arena will be an instanced area with only those participating inside. Players can compete for rewards in these battles and will be able to bet on them as well.
Factional PvP: Players can get missions from their factions to hunt down members of other factions, such as an Enforcer asking players to kill five CHOTA players.

[edit] PvP Deaths

About a 25-35% of the game territory is zoned for PvP conflict. Outside of these areas the LifeNet collars worn by the characters will not allow them to harm each other. There are no LifeNet pods in PvP zones, so players will always come back in safe territory and must then return to the PvP area to continue fighting.