Kbyte

In the future of fallensword with more super uber stronger pots I foresee an new player killing a rat and reaching level 2000

Defending  has two parts:  Passive= offline... Active= geared and buffed up ready to rumble.

Being offine don't mean you will surely lose ... if you at least had played on the ladder [I see you don't have dominance medal] you would see it is possible to win offline.

PvP need both P's

if the second P don't like to attack, that player is not PvPing but instead is being PvPed.

.... and all players can be possible pvp targets... this makes FS an PvP game...

being PvPed is always an surprise which happens because you don't expect unless you are on the ladder or on the Bounty board so you in these cases you know you will be PvPed surely [but as a result of you PvPing also].

If the player don't want to be pvped buy pvp protection an nobody will hit for pvp prestige.

Gear up with pvp sets and buffs full time and you may likely not be pvped [from players that don't care about pvp prestige] as often as players that only wear epics full time.

PvPing is attacking in an PvP

PvP is both parts, attacking and defending.

gold cap around level 300 ... above that it varies a little above or bellow till EOC, maybe you are just in an range that it is varying bellow the average... and later it will goes to normal again.