>local playerbase without mods still manages to mod arena PVP into the game while devs sit on their ass doing nothing
Any bets on how long it takes funcom to actually get a real PVP system of any kind into the game?

I'm willing to believe it'll be over 3 months before even something as simple as mutually consenting solo duels happen. The fact it's not in the game to start with actually leads me to believe some retard on the dev team doesn't want there to be any kind of actual PVP, probably the same guy insisting on keep thopter rockets in, so there's a very good chance that real PVP never gets into this game - it will be grieferfest deep desert wannabe rust but shittier until most of the devs are laid off and the game's run by a maintenance crew (who are always the only ones with any actually good ideas and gameplay concepts, but lack the manpower and funding to actually do any of it)