One day estaga was making bows over at the rogues camp on ojaroad1 because it was conveniently located to the resources used (wood and couchgrass). While she was there, some "bad guy" came by and made her pay her finest bow for the privilege of working there. The RP during that time was... FREAKING AWESOME!! :-D
Anyway, every once in while estaga will show up there just to see if the rogue "bad guy" is there again... but she comes prepared with some tria to pay the rent on the table now... ;-)
(ahem, bad guy... you know who you are)
Anyway, that particular location is, IMO a gold-mine type of location for "bad guy" interactions that don't necessarily have to turn into PVP. Extortion, blackmail, theft, bullying (especially if done well) would be completely IC for someone who would happen to play in that area. There are probably other areas that would lend themselves to similar kinds of situations (the store houses in Oja ?)
On another day, estaga was on her way into the arena, she goes there to collect clacker legs for making bow strings, make bows, sometimes to cook, or buy fish glue. On this particular day, another "bad guy" (see guard notes in another thread) intimidated estaga into leaving in a hurry... his last words were something like 'now SCRAM!!'. Again... a well played and unexpected "bad guy" to run into.
These are just two examples of what I found to be rather interesting situations to RP in. I submit them for consideration in your deliberations on how/when/etc to be a good "bad guy" and hope to see a bit more in the future.
That being said, "bad guys" need not abound in any given society there are always that 10% (or so... ) who don't quite fit the societal mores... if suddenly 80% of the PS population became "bad guys", that would take some of the fun out of playing... but a well placed one here and there...
- estaga