What's with all the ganking??

I returned to TOR about 2 weeks ago, resubbed, because I really like the direction TOR is going. BTW, kudos Bioware!

I play on Tomb of Freedon Nadd. And there is a really serious issue (in my opinion). Ganking. LVL 55's in PVP gear making it impossible to use the game as it was intended from LVL 30+. But it's not getting any better at 55 either. Guess what chance you have against 2, but even just one fully PVP geared dude, in your average or basic gear?

And they don't just fight and go on, they stick around, kill you over and over and over, at the resurrection point, and dance on your corpse because they feel like they accomplished something, killing someone 20 levels below.

Man these guys must have small d***s...

I think the original design for the worlds really backfired. Bioware separated imps and reps on the planets, so when you level, you hardly ever see someone (of your same level) for some healthy world pvp. They did this to prevent ganking. Now in my opinion there is a huge problem. I have no intention of playing on a PVE server, because I love world pvp (on the rare occasion it happens.. sometimes on Tatooine) but I won't resub, because I'm not able to log in and play when I have the time for it. F2P is enough for that, which makes me not hate the game

Anyhow, I was just ganked a few times, decided to vent here a little. And a question: Someone in raiding gear vs. someone in PVP gear: fair fight? Is it balanced, or if you want to feel "safe", you HAVE TO play warzones and gear up and wear that gear outside of raids?

I don't understand your point. You chose to roll on a PvP server and don't want to engage in PvP?

LOL. Did you read?

I love world PVP. When it's level appropriate. When I'm Lvl 31, I don't want a bunch of 55s killing me 6 times in 5 minutes.

PVP. Player vs. Player.

Was that 55 controlled by a person? That's a player.

Is your 30 controlled by you? That's a player.

QED.

Protip: you don't get level appropriate open world PvP in MMOs, without having to also deal with gankers. PvP servers attract sociopaths who like to gank with impunity. They gank for ganking sake. If you can't cope with it.. don't roll on a PvP server in MMOs. There are a number of effective ways to mitigate gankers in this game (either passively, or aggressively). Get some friends or guild mates to come over and help gank the ganker IMO.

Probably what happened they were plaiyng with low levels and some smart *** 5 or 6 levels above them started ganking them. Then they got pissed and went on killing every dude on the instance just because in alderan that is very common. DId it leveling sniper and BH

This is why I will never roll on a PVP server..

Yes, what you've described wanting is what you find on a PvE ruleset in places like outlaw's den and Ilum prior to 1.2. However even there, you're far more likely to see uneven number of players than even numbers. Therefore, I'd have to suggest queing up for warzones where you get an 8v8 match and player skill largely determines the outcome.

Ganking is not something new. It happens on every pvp server in every game. I am not sure I see the point of this post. Roll on PvE if you don't want to be ganked.

Ganking is technically pvp and I agree that it's not cool, however, that is the fate you chose when you rolled on a pvp server, the possibility of a bunch of high levels rolling through your questing areas and giving you a hard time comes with the territory. If you're being camped switch to an alt for a little while and move on, otherwise just let your character stay dead and head out for a bit, go watch a movie, play a console game, etc.

It's a jungle out there on pvp servers, kill or be killed, no mercy given or asked for, if you can't handle it then server transfer.

Edit: I play exclusively on pvp servers, I've been ganked and done my share of ganking, had people rage at me, camp me, and done the same back. That's just how it goes.