Lower the cost of War Hero and other Higher end gear.

Not to sound like a zen master or anything but it's not all about the goal, it's about the journey, if you like pvp then you'll do the wz no matter what, even if it is in 1-5% less effective gear.

This is so not true. I enjoy PvP, I don't enjoy being thron into PvP with ****** gear.

for the record all of my toons have about half WH and I legacy mail enhancements back and forth. Yet, I still think Gear Progression has no place in PvP whatsoever. It blows my mind that these so called PvP players enjoy gear progression. Gear Progression is for pixel Dragonslayers and not for the true PvP player swho enjoy skill based combat rather then Gear Advantage,

I get a kick out of you guys that act like you somehow "earn your stripes" by mindlessly grinding instanced pvp in a video game, it isn't supposed to be work people, it's just a pain in the *** and a transparent, lazy attempt to keep everyone paying.

Exactly. The only moment I actually remember is beating someone from the Republic side, of a rival guild. His Shadow vs my Assassin. Both of us in Battlemaster gear as this was before War Hero was released. I felt he was pretty skilled, and so he was always someone I would try to attack, even chase if we were already winning. I managed to run into him under the middle of Civil War, and we fought it out. Conclusion: I won with 78%~ of my HP left. But still the best time I had in PvP.

Skilled player vs skilled player, both with equal gear. That's how it should be. I love that competitive spirit. Gear grinds, ruin that. And that's why I look forward to GW2, in hopes to find more people with the same mentality. Not this swinging epeen with a gear crutch mentality.

I PVP to defeat my opponents, not to gear out my toons.

I saw this and had to quote for truth. They already tested the waters in February to see how people felt about paying for Makeb, Cathar, and various other things.

Thread found here: Everyone forgets the survey.....

Shenanigans!

What about those voidstar wins that give you 80? Since 140 is your average, are you able to hit 200 comms, to average out with the 80?

Pvp should be about the competition. U cant deny that most games are blowouts. Only rateds are competitive and even those open other cans of worms.

Fact is this game will be going thru an overhaul. If making pvp more balanced is a goal then reducing costs and time on gear should happen.

Just add more cosmetic fluff to compensate

You got to progress, we have to get slaughtered.

I'd have no problem if I played equally geared folks, and it would just take a long time. I'd have no problem if slaughtering lowly-geared people didn't give me comms to get WH.

I have a problem with getting roflstomped by someone due to a statistical advantage. There's no chance for me to win.

Take your favorite FOTM class in recruit gear vs my full augmented and optimized WH scoundrel scrapper (Hypothetical)... You have no chance. I dont care how good you think you are, not how bad you think I am. The fact is that the gear gap between fully aug'd and optimized WH vs recruit is just... pitiful.

The people who don't think War Hero gear is too expensive, probably got their sets back when they could trade regular commendation for War Hero commendation.