Bandit RP almost made me quit day one, as I got mugged on a road within hours of being accepted. I didn’t understand how anything worked, or how rp worked in general, and the group who robbed me wouldn’t even acknowledge the fact that I was completely new. Since then I’ve been mugged multiple times, and often forced into pvp I wasn’t really wanting. I joined the server for RP, not to be poofed by goons who only want pixels.
I don’t see banditry as the problem, its the pvp based bandits who are. The pixel hungry goons, who aren’t here for RP and just here to cause trouble. I love good villainy RP, my character has be sacrificed twice, tortured, and thrown off a roof all for good RP and I really enjoyed it. When the people doing it are also there for good quality RP it makes for some really fun experiences. But this is a Role Play server, not pvp.