well there are other cultural things going on as well. 

i live in USA and mostly play games designed and produced in USA so anybody feel free to correct and/or educate me. 

i have a friend (believe me or don't) who works for a Korean game company. i have talked with him at length about why Korean games do not seem to work so well in USA in terms of pvp kind of design. his answer is the following - in Korea when you buy a game and register to play it the equivalent of what we know as a social security number in USA is always tied to your account. therefore a Korean player always behaves differently(better) than the USA player, who has a lot more anonymity. i can think of numerous Korean mmos where they always have some kind of karma system that keeps Korean players in check, but the same system fails with USA players because USA players just don't care. 

i am saying there is a cultural difference that needs to be considered. it is not good, it is not bad, but there is a difference. the original design or intent for a Korean player base will not necessarily work the same with a USA player base. 

apologies if these ideas offend anybody, not my intention. just want to shed light on the fact that there are different cultures in the world and people live different ways. when marketing anything, such as a video game, for various cultures and places this needs to be considered.

I'm surprised that koreans actually use real SSN and stuff.

Never, what for? After all, I can't afford such cars anyway. I have a 20-year-old Skoda Fabia, it is cheap to maintain, it takes me wherever I want, it's just a car.

Luxury goods are unnecessary and should be forbidden, their owners have them because they exploit other people. Slavery still exists, only now it is economic slavery.

Gaming is a luxury.

In civilized countries, games are the cheapest entertainment for commoners.

In civilized countries, games are the cheapest entertainment for commoners.

They do it because games are not for children. In addition, it is an effective way to get rid of cheater from games.

There is something that invalidates every PVPer's argument.  In fact they don't even need to be heard.  They are over written by evidence, fact, and proof.  There are simply claims that can not be made.

Take this for example.  We should be able to trade with other players and we won't cheat the system.  We'll be honest and do the right thing.  These words are meaningless.  This stance is meaningless.  The fact is player trading is disabled because the player base can't be trusted.

Now lets apply the same standards to PVP.  We won't drive off new players or harass others.  We just want PVP to protect our rotations.  These words are also meaningless.  The fact is plenty of players will abuse this heavily.  Just as they would trading.

Thus the answer is clear and obvious.  It doesn't matter what the player base says or even what Pearl Abyss thinks they want.  New World thought they wanted an OWPVP game until they say the actions of MMO community.  Upon seeing it their immediate reaction was to remove it.

Pearl Abyss is being forced into the same situation.  They are just not that quick to learn.

Pixonmate he has already answered you, and I will just add:

1. Poll on old Kakao forum.

2. The biggest topic on old Kakao forum.

3. The biggest topic here.

4. Steam charts players numbers trend.

5. Own observations based on the statements of guild members.

6. Players (also bdo veterans) who leave for Lost Ark.

7. Crying topic about "karma bombing".

8. Always same guilds as gulid and conquest winners.

9. Infographics from heidel ball from 2 years ago, showing that 3/4 of the players did not even reach a soft cap (armor / weapons tet (before the seasons) and tri accessories).

And now the funny part: even pvp players don't want open pvp. Best proof: crying topic about "karma bombing". Arsha channel was design for pvp players. So why they complain about nonexistent "karma bombing". It only shows that pvp players don't want pvp, because killing afk life skillers or players for a class of worse equipment IS NOT PVP.

As the makers of New World said: 

One of the problems we observed with this system (open pvp) was that some high level players were killing low level players, A LOT. Sometimes exclusively. This often led to solo or group griefing scenarios that created a toxic environment for many players. To be clear, this behavior was not shown by all PvP players, but enough to cause significant issues.

We set out to build a compelling world full of danger and opportunity that begs to be explored. The intended design was never to allow a small group of players to bully other players. Based on what we saw, we realized that we needed to make fundamental changes and not just incremental fixes.

To be specific, by PvP we mean, fair fights that are organized, skill based, and opted into by all participants. Not PKing (Player Killing), which is a predatory behavior that relies on exploiting another player’s lack of experience, progress, readiness, or willingness.

How to play on season channel with not season char? How to play with lvl 49 char when full character development is 61 and now even 62 lvl?