Ok. Another Avalon "spam" but nevertheless.
Avalon is just RP encouraged, but most discussions are IC although there are some OOC discussions as well (Perfect for me, I hate having people stare at me like some idiot if I accidentally go OOC haha)
PvP and PK here is pretty fierce, and competitive as well. Its not just random killing of players though. There are 4 player-run cities in Avalon and quite often players from these cities end up clashing over things like warfare legion enlisting, or even just because they don't like citizens from the other city. Its still IC though.
Players eventually reach a stage where skills become 'Crowned', meaning their skills cap there. So after a few months of hard work, a newborn player could very easily match decade-old players in combat, although PvP is very complex and usually seniors win due to their experience in PK.
Little grinding - levels mean nothing in Avalon, other than for a minor deed called MAXLEVEL. You lose levels when you get killed, and although levels increase your health/mana, most, if not all, damage-dealing attacks are percentage based and therefore health/mana maximums don't play a part.
We have classes and guilds. Knights (typical master of swordplay and physical arts) Mages (pure users of magic, manipulators of light, able to use musical instruments and also a powerful skill called rituals which acts as a passive background attack) Loremasters (crafters, portal masters, extremely mobile with an ability to fly without use of a flying steed, and decent fighters too) Bards (bringing about magical enchantments through songs, dramatics and musical instruments), Rangers (bow-and-arrow wielding people with an ability to become bears/wolves), Thieves (stealthy individuals able to steal things from inventories of other players, stab enemies with poisoned knives, throttle them and other stuff) Druids (peace loving protectors of nature who spend their time tending the forests, healing wildlife, resurrecting and curing injured players, planting/picking herbs and poisons) Sorcerer (a cool necromancer type which can summon lots of powerful demons which can follow the sorc around and attack his/her enemies)