RP is PvP in the sense that your character inevitably needs to enter combat to either make a living, defend themselves, (or in some cases) carry out their base RP (see: Phantoms).
However.
RP is not an EXCUSE to run around and shoot everything with little to no reason than a glorified 'red is dead' scenario.
I don't know what the situation is like on the server now, but it was pretty shocking when I buggered off.