They only thing that I would advocate for changing PVP is to multiply all players HP by 100 when they jump into the PVP pit. That should be a very simple, non time consuming change in code.
Otherwise, leave it as is.
Leader of Legion of Eberron on Cannith.
Characters: Loromir & Baldomir....among others.
What Flav said!
Seriously - The Devs put up a thread a coupla months back asking us about "Disruptive Influences" and possibly the biggest and worst "Disruptive Influence" in this game is PvP trash talk in Harbour General Chat!
Heck - Cannithtrade Channel has been blighted by ONE Person with his CONSTANT trash talking for at least 2 YEARS!
Squelching does little good as you then can't tell what the heck's going on!
Create specific Channels for the Lobster and the other Taverns with PvP Pits and Ban anyone who PvP trash talks in ANY OTHER CHANNEL!
Balancing the game for PvP actually helps to create balance between classes in PvE and it can drastically reduce power creep.