Why do fresh 50's have the same gear as me

To an extent I can agree with this, but there really is no fun being a fresh lvl 50 with no real PvP gear walking into a warzone. All that happens is you repeatedly get your *** handed to you by better geared players, and that just puts people off continuing to PvP.

In time that leads to fewer people doing PvP, and the PvP side to the game going downhill.

Keeping things more balanced between new PvP'ers and old PvP'ers not only provides for more competition in a match (and more fun), but is less likely to drive away players who simply can't be arsed with everyone facerolling over them while they try to get some gear so they have a marginal chance.

With respect, then it sounds like you are burnt out on MMO's. There are still many people who like the grind (for whatever it is) and want to continue doing so.

Truthfully, I suppose it comes down to how one defines fun, and no one will be able to agree or disagree on it. For me, if pvp becomes too simple, like Gears of War or Halo (I exclude COD, as they seem to have a level progression in that now.) then I wonder why I don't go play one of those games. I believe the MMO genre is generally for those who want to commit some time and thought to their game

But that is my definition of fun, and I won't assume it's everyone's.

Oh no, someone has 2% more HP then me so I lose every game. So unfair.

To answer your COD question (my team was nationally ranked in COD4 and BO so i have some experience) they made a pro-mod which disabled all but certain perks, guns and attachments. Everyone had the same gear available to them and each team was limited to 1 sniper. Even after that was in place, we would still find roofs to jump on, roofs to jump off (cod4 mp_crash 3 story building, remember it?) and not take any damage at all. Or jump over a wall that you couldnt jump over. All of that was legal because it was available to both teams and ALL players.

Yes but thats the real world. With league rules and parameters. There are many restrictions involved. You cant compare any of that to competing in a video game. Your environment is designed by other humans, in a virtual world. There are going to be flaws about your environment that you can use to benefit you and your team. What we, who have more time on our hands, have access to, so do people with less time on their hands. It will just take them longer to obtain.

-fuzz

Except, you aren't a PvPer either. Real PvPers are after a skill based fight where the only thing that matters is skill. Anyone crying about gear and progression in PvP have no place in PvP, if you ask me.

And sure, all players technically have access to it, but there will be a big difference in ability between a newcomer to that map, and someone who has played on that map repeatedly over the past year, or whatever. Just because you know all the little tricks to win, doesn't mean everyone does.

I think this is a bit of a problem in most sports these days... No sense of sportsmanship.

IN COD YOU CAN SHOOT THROUGH WALLS... shhhh don't tell anyone. THAT IS NOT A CHEAT.

Now using an aimbot to get 100% accuracy and shoot everyone through every wall at any distance is a cheat. That is different.

You are not supposed to be able to shoot through walls though. That is why it is an exploit and cheating.

You are not supposed to be able to shoot through walls though. That is why it is an exploit and cheating.

As for your 'glass jaw' analogy, that isn't really exploiting anything. That is a natural weakness your opponent has. By all means take advantage of it. Kind of like the grenades you mentioned. Blowing up a bunch of people because they repeatedly run into your greandes isn't exploiting anything. That is taking advantage of a weak opponent.

I suppose you could liken it to new level 50s who don't have the gear yet. Their lack of gear is their glass jaw. Still, it sucks to be them and die repeatedly simply because someone has better gear than they do.