To make my reply manageable, I had to cut some of your quotes, sorry about that.
With mandatory inspect, "evenly matched" PVP will decline, getting sure-fire ganks will increase.
The vast majority has no interest in fair fights or a match of skills and wits.
That's how it works everywhere else, and I have done it myself in MMOs with mandatory inspect.
Why would it be different in AO?
I have kicked people from teams for afking, looting 2 rooms away while the team was fighting, and just for being jerks. While I never put them on ignore, I have written down their names and told my orgs about them. And yes, occasionally I have kicked the guy in the medsuit who wasn't doing any damage. So I know what you are talking about.
But reputation in AO was built on skill and attitude first and gear second.
With mandatory inspect, it will be the exact opposite.
Gear first - and if you don't pass that
very subjective and vague gear check, your attitude and skill will NEVER matter at all.
Hence your ENTIRE reputation is based on your gear, nothing else.
Again, that's how it works everywhere else.
Again, I myself have used mandatory inspect exactly that way.
If someone didn't pass my personal gear standard, they got kicked and never had a chance to show that they had a good attitude and fine skills.
So if you get tells or open channel comments by people saying how gimp you are, that's not harassment?
What would you call it? Being social? Flirting?
In other games, derogatory remarks about your gear and setup are an almost daily routine.
Btw, this is the only game I've ever played where I have ZERO people on my ignore list.
I would like to keep it that way.
Ok, so you are nosey, but to your credit, you admit to it.
And you use it for positive things, like being social and helping newbies - I like that.
But you realize that you are a small minority, do you?
In MMOs that have mandatory inspect, nobody (outside of guilds) bothers to help a newbie correct gear mistakes with inspect.
It's just not used for that.
Last but not least, just because you are curious, does not mean I have endure your voyeurism!