Alignment and Player-Killing in Darkfall

Darkfall is a game with full PvP and unlimited looting. Does this mean you can kill anyone you meet and take their stuff? Yes it does, but it does not mean that such actions have no consequences.

When designing Darkfall, we sought to avoid "because we say so" rules that make no in-game sense but dictate player behavior. Limitations on player freedom may be necessary in cuddlier, more mainstream-focused games, but Darkfall will never stop you from killing someone just because he or she has turned PK off in some menu.

What we do instead is set in place checks and balances that encourage certain modes of behavior, while discouraging others. If you flout the in-game laws, there will definitely be consequences, but no invisible designer as god denies you the right to break them in the first place.