So Alderaan on PVE servers are now PVP?

Sorry, there's PVP rule-set and PVE rule-set. Some folks don't mind being flagged for PVP on a PVE server - good on them. But this is a concern for players who do not want to be flagged for open world PVP on a PVE server. Try a little empathy.

It works reasonably well, it has been somewhat glitchy ever since release.. there are NPCs that will flag you regardless, and being flagged while doing invasions aren't unheard of either.

That bug that allows you to be flagged for pvp when you attack a healed/buffed mob is annoying. Was trying to do a daily today and a pair of sith shadows exploited that bug and caused me to get flagged. They both then proceded to pull me into near by elite mobs which of coarse caused a quick release back to the med center. They did this to alot of players causeing delays up to a hour for some players just trying to do a daily.

The good news is they got so greedy for kills they chased a few players who managed to run out of the quest area and on one of those attempts I was able to return the favor and grapple the shadow into a group of friendly elite npcs and poped his restealth with a stealth scan. But the simple fact that on a PVE server you can be forced into a flagged state needs to be fixed asap. While revenge was sweet it still didnt get me back the time I waisted on getting rid of these griefers so I could finish a simple quest.

Alderaan is one of the few plants where Empire and Republic can wander into each other's question area. Doing this gets you a warning then your auto flagged for PVP..you must of wandered into their territory.

very annoying. we have packs of imps pulling this little exploit all day long in black hole.

There is a known exploit that is specific to the Smuggler ACs that will force flag any player. They've not bothered to fix it for a while.

I admit that that's a more upsetting topic than this one. My least favourite thing about MMOs since joining the MMO genre in December has been that BioWare can change the way my character works at any time, during any weekly patch, and give me very little notice about it. It's quite upsetting to be doing something for so long and then have that changed by the powers that be without my input or knowledge.

No, I was on an Empire toon in Empire territory (as I mentioned in my original post). The griefer (who I and numerous others reported) was using an AOE exploit to force flag players for PVP. I have, in the past, wandered into the wrong area on Alderaan and found myself flagged for PVP (and promptly exited), but that was not the case here. BW really needs to fix this rather glaring flaw in their code.

About getting pvp flagged. When you, as a healer, heals a pvp flagged player, you get flagged for pvp too. Thought they fixed that?

I never use AOE on planets, where there is a chance I will run into the opposing faction. Also I always keep a lookout on people from the opposing faction, running around with green nameplates, that means he is pvp flagged.

There is nothing to fix. Healing a flagged ally is supposed to flag you.