Is it possible to advance in the game while being essentially a pacifist? Just curious . . . I'm trying to get a handle on why these people thought they could go unarmed in what (as explained to me) is a hostile sector.
It's possible to avoid PvP combat on some servers. You still pretty much have to fight monsters and other non-player entities to get anywhere in the game though, so I'm not sure you'd call that "pacifism".