For over two decades, EVE Online has been famous for two things: the astonishing player-driven stories it generates, and the cutthroat universe that acts as a foundation for those stories. PvP is as fundamental a part of EVE's universe as hydrogen is in our own, and whether you're the head of one of its megacorps or a newbie just starting out, buying into the game has been to accept the possibility that someone in the great beyond might make it their personal mission to ruin your day.
Yet modern EVE is not as forbidding as its reputation suggests. The MMO includes numerous "starter systems" where PvP against new players is generally discouraged and "Rookie griefing" outright prohibited. But it seems this esoteric mixture of rules and customs is not definitive enough for developer CCP. As such, EVE's next expansion will do what once seemed unthinkable, add a non PvP zone to the game.
