How much risk is there in the PVP? Are we talking soul crushing levels of setbacks for a simple mistake, or is it easy to get into and just punishing enough to drive some skill growth?
"See? All of you are unique. And special. Like fucking snowflakes." -- Signe
Super easy to get into. Your island farm should be more than enough to sustain any loss of gear. Just make sure your island is located off of Caerleon, the main city.
Every character (and guild) can buy a personal island where they can build buildings and farms that other people can go to, but they are town based, so if you want to go there with items on you you need to be in that town, which is hard if you lose reputation and can't go to any Royal Continent town other than Caerleon but you bought your island off of Fort Sterling.
I'm the guy who bought his island off Fort Sterling.