Currently a 7+ year player of roatz. And had 2 of my friends who recently started last weekend both quit due to the same issue. And both really liked the server.
The issue being the spear mechanic along with the light barer and barrage. As of right now. You regain special so quickly with the ring. That if you're caught in let's say the extreme Donato zone, there's really no escaping or countering it. They literally do a barrage, freeze you, do the DD mechanic where they can dps you but you can't attack back, wait 2 seconds before freeze is our. And then re barrage you after they spear you. Theres literally no getting more than a tile or two in between freezes. Along with my other two friends I've seen countless people do this in deep wildy. And i feel like it should be addressed. There should never be a mechanic that can not be combatted or countered in the wildy especially not on a pk server.
My fix would be changing the amount of special used on a spear when in wilderness. Making it double. The cost. Would atleast give someone a viable chance to counter or escape. A barrage is one thing but bring specced into a null 3 tics where you literally can't do anything. That's broken. Another would be making it so you can only use the spear in deep wild 45+ wildy. But it ruins the experience for a lot of new players. Just my thoughts though. I love that there's risk vs reward at revs. But not when it's leveraged so far into the pkers favor opposed to the pvmer having a chance. Just some thoughts though. It's unfortunate my buddies kept having the same issue over and over across the entire weekend though.