"Make war so painful that your enemy does not want to fight. Break his spirit. "

This is the bit I mean...

"Break his spirit."

With the exception of a few gifted role-players, the only way to break someone's spirit in the game, is to break it out of the game. I would say that this means they are no longer enjoying the game . At the end of the day it is a game, and we're all here to have fun.

When looted, I can pick myself up and get on with things again though at the cost of time I'd rather spend doing other stuff, and I know you can too. But when people are still getting the hang of Thera's layout it is very difficult for them to do. Getting looted really hurts them and that someone wants to do that is my main objection with it.

Also, if you break the spirit of enough people in a cabal it can dwindle to the extent that you've got no enemies left to fight. I think that plays at least some part in the way cabals can nearly die out at times.