involuntary pvp

Yeah it happened to me once during this event too. I wasn't grouped or anything, it just happened while standing around the dna vendor after exploding or some such. Everyone else around me was suddenly flagged as well.

And here's the answer to that question, why do people do what the OP is on about?

Because it's fun....................for the gankers. It's not in the least fun for those being ganked but to these in game vandals the chance to ruin others fun is at the core of the 'fun' for the gankers.

Heh, I started a battle on my server. I would intentionally attack pub 50s and yea, they gang up after I killed a few and then I called my PvP buddies. They called their pvp buddies, I changed toons and got the pub pvp group to tatooine and we fought. I fought on both sides just for kicks.

I'll admit that back on WoW I used to enjoy baiting gankers. Why'd I enjoy it? Same reason gankers do I guess, haha, except one step up. The only thing more fun than beating a equally equipped enemy through superior skill is to kill someone who attacked you first thinking you'd be easy

I had this problem yesterday, I was fighting a group of Rakghouls and out of nowhere my companion just moved on to a near by Sith player. But he was okay with it as the same thing happend to him a few hours before...

I dont know how the companion target system works, maybe they 'tab' around to next enemy in combat and attack it ?

I know for a fact i didnt send her after him, so there must be something going wrong.

It wasn't the AoE, I don't think. The Sith Marauder wasn't trying to steal the boss, he was using the game to force flag the unflagged players by attacking a mob he knew they were attacking which in turn flagged them the next time one of their attacks hit the mob. Someone mentioned something similar happens in Ilum with the turrets that are not located in the PvP area, and I think it's due to a flagging mechanic, not Ilum in particular.

There should be an option like in rift that prevents auto-flagging outside of WZs and PvP areas.

Level check?

You could easily identify him as a low level just with a single look...visual queues and all.

If you can't differentiate between a 23 and a 50 something is seriously wrong, which I don't believe is the case. It's much more likely that you simply ganked a lowbie and then tried to act as though you had no idea what you had done until it was "too late", even though you were well aware of what you were doing the entire time.

Because they're bad at actual PVP, so they have to gank lowbies, then call their victims "carebears" to make themselves feel l33t or whatever. Most people hate this ****, just mention the offender's name in General chat and you'll probably get a couple 50s to come deal with it. Remember, it's annoying to get ganked, but it's funny to watch that ******* run away (usually crying about how unfair it is that "u guyz hva 2 gang up on me") whenever a real fight shows up.

I have had some interesting experiances with pvp during this event, some good some bad.

Yesterday there where 4 imps stealthing around the pod at the end of the sand people streach. One would sneak just in to the blast radious of a un suspecting AOE attack and flag the player trying to kill the 4 rakghouls that pop out of the ground. Then the rest would jump in and smash the poor un suspecting player.

Also just befor the servers came down there was alot of people crying about involentary pvp fighing near the vendor. In the end a couple of L50s showed up to police the area ans started in on anyone that was causing any issues.

Funny one was when I on with my L28. I had attacked someone else earlier that was flaged and got flaged my self. Later I was at the boss sand person across the vally having a little trouble with him then a L50 Maurader came along, stopped, waved at me, /say "I am going to kill you. But first..." and he attacks the sand person and kills him for me, followed my killing me very shortly after. Polite pvp ganking. I thought it was so funny I couldent be angery at him/her for doing it.

But the one I found most anoying of the lot was when we where trying to kill the WB in outlaws den. Those of us that had died and where making our way back where being intercepted by a group of imps at the enterance to the pvp area. Smart idea BUT it ment in the end very few people where there for the actual death of the WB and then they all ran away wonce we started getting any serious amount of numbers ready to counter. I was not happy.