The best PvP I have encountered so far is in EVE, in this universe many zerg alliances are competing against each other. These zerg alliances are made up of multiple independent corporations and use trade agreements or rent out space to neutrals, mi…
Yes open world PvP is about choice. It's one of the reasons I like to play it. On small server populations this, however, tends to work less well than on large server populations. For example 5000 opposed to 250000 players on one server.
PvP is dominated by politics and not so much by players killing each other. This can be seen in many MMO's. For example PvP gameplay in EVE is especially about controlling / defending of resources or markets within a certain area, which sometimes re…