While I die a bit more than on a regular shard (mainly due to crappy armor) i still have yet to be killed by another player (my Poor horse) My skills coming along nicely and everyone has been very helpful and friendly. I am still stunned by the fact that there are more houses here than on Origin( i still feel they should allow a second house on Origin since it was supposed to be a test shard...) over all i am having a great time and think everyone should try siege ....