[quote=Vordak]
Ah, speaking of socialization. Are there supposed to be any barren and desolate parts in the city where very few players go to? I want my character to be a lone wolf and DGP 'hermit', spending a lot of in game training in solitude and far away from the battlefields (don't worry though, i already know how i will get him actively involved in the plot), so that's important for me to know.
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From what I can tell, there aren't usually battlefields. It's mostly like 1v1 duels, or people killing dissolutions wherever they find them.. I assume any fights between guilds would just occur somewhere randomly.