involuntary pvp

You do realize.... hey wait, you actually confirmed the involuntary pvp that some of us have experienced during this event. I was all geared up to have some forum pvp :P

Truth be told I didn't get ganked when I got flagged, I'm thinking it wasn't the intent of the exploder, that particular time

The problem is, when someone of the opposing faction explodes on you, it flags you for pvp. Unless you unflag yourself and get to a cantina immediately, you would get ganked immediately.

not easy to avoid..EXPLOIT when you explode from the rakghoul plague on opposite faction players it flags them....

what exactly do you do to the guy to stop him exploding?

wrong again sparky..sith marauders dont heal anyone...and the dune sea is not a pvp area..also, team of 4 ..no companions

Doh! I don't know what this 6 HOUR VACCINE is for.

Eariler today I was playing on a PVE server fighting a few mobs when a person of the other faction came by me jumped off of their speeder and aoe the mobs I was fighing to get on my companions hate list. Soon as it happened I quit fighting and before I could put companion on passive, yep it attacked the other person, flagging me for pvp. If that is not harassment and griefing i don't know what is.

This was supposed to be fixed in 1.2. It wasn't and people continue to grief others because "THEY CAN' they know BW will do nothing to them.

Even better is the response from BW:


I am Protocol Droid A0-K9, Human-Cyborg Relations.

We are sorry to hear that you have encountered issues during Player versus Player (PvP) gameplay.

While we can understand that actions such as those you have reported may seem dishonourable or unfair, we would like to remind you that PvP servers are specifically designed to allow for open combat between players of opposing factions. In the case of Outlaws’ Den on Tatooine, the game allows for combat against anyone, regardless of faction.

An on-screen warning advises players who select a PvP or RP-PvP server of the consequences of this choice, and as a result our Customer Service team will not intervene or assist in resolving any PvP encounters or situations that take place on a dedicated PvP server.

If you are playing on a PvP server and are experiencing difficulties with PvP encounters we would generally recommend that you ask your friends, guild mates or fellow players to assist you in the battle.

If you are on a PvP server, and feel that conversations in PvP chat, general chat or whispers have gone beyond the generally accepted ‘smack talk’ of competitive gaming, then please see http://www.swtor.com/support/helpcenter/1880 (You can check your IRL email for a clickable link) for information on how to report this as harassment.

If you are not on a PvP server and have activated your PvP flag, you can reverse this by going back to a zone controlled by your faction, right-clicking your character portrait on-screen and selecting the option to toggle PvP off. Please note that once you have toggled your PvP status off, it will take 5 minutes for the change to take effect and the status to be removed.

If you require further assistance with this or any other issue, please do not hesitate to contact us again.

Galactic Support is our Specialty...

Sincerely,

Protocol Droid A0-K9 (aka Jarvis)
Star Wars: The Old Republic Customer Service

LOL PVE servers

selling tears of OP, aww who am I kidding the market is flooded.

So, I had this happen to me as well, and I don't think I laughed so hard while playing a game before.

Not sure how/what happened, but I got flagged for PVP while doing dailies with my L31 Trooper. Most people were too busy taking out their enemies for DNA samples to gank me. So it was smooth sailing for the most part.

Fast forward to the Sandpeople Shaman/Mural quest. I thought I was in the clear and went to go fight the boss. I started the fight, and then randomly the Bantha and Wraid respawned RIGHT ON TOP OF ME while fighting, and I was like D'OH! I tried to hold my ground but I had to move out of the way and try and rethink my attacks.

As I was fighting, a L50 Marauder comes up and owns the crap out of me and all the enemies around me. I try to fight back, but my puny L31 attacks have no effect on his superior L50 gear/stats. I died in like 10 seconds.

At first I was like "lolwhut?" Then I just started laughing. I was a little upset that I was ganked and had no chance of defending myself, but the whole fact this guy came out of NOWHERE and just took everything out in a matter of seconds and was gone afterwards made me laugh so hard. Finished my quest and went back to Anchorhead so the PVP flag would expire.

No reports of griefing/ganking, I just took it as part of the game, had a good laugh, and repaired my gear.

Strawman. He never said they didn't.

Rakghoul plague isn't the only cause of this problem. There are other ways you can be involuntarily flagged, although BW has said they are exploits.

But I've yet to see any fix for these problems that have been around since release.