The new rule that attacking a player forces them into combat- is that only for pvp servers? please tell me that pvp won't be forced onto people on pve servers. I stay off pvp servers because i DON'T want to pvp. THe day i am forced into it is the day i leave- never to return.
I believe so. Just above where it says that attacking forces players into combat it does say PvP. As far as I know, you get a message "invalid target" with anythinb but monsters on a PvE server. https://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/index.php?threads/update-notes-thursday-july-11-2013.537206/
I suspect (hope) that the reason this patch applied to PvE servers is that it would affect duels, arenas and battlegrounds.
