Well I would assume the lack of mages(one being myself) would be due to PvP default. I just hope 4.0 doesn't become what the Fringe is now with constant highway banditry, iron clad everyone.
Aye Void, I'm 100% sure there will always be more violence than peace in a fantasy rp server where escapism takes place. It's just the fact that (from my experience) there's hardly any petite, minor conflict taking place on the roads and such, I'm just witnessing mass conflict for the time being.
Yeah Joe that is one of the shames I have noticed since returning. I do miss small conflicts as well. Though as players it's our job to fix what we see wrong, so I try to add these encounters when possible. I hope to see more of it soon. This war is kind of draining everyone