My preferred style of combat is words! In RP of course... (what were you people thinking? I'm no flamer..:unsure:) Seriously, you'd be amased how easily you can avoid conflict if you talk enough..
Due to my hellish lag, I'm pretty crap with almost anything to do with PvP. I tend to avoid conflict as much as possible, so in the whole time I've been on server (over a year now..) I've PvPed a grand total of 5 times of which the results were:
0 Wins
2 Outright losses (destroyed)
1 Fight and flee
2 Outright Flees (no damage)