World PvP is entirely up to you

There is NO JOY for an ungeared player...that's why OWPvP sucks (that and the engine). My mindset is based on fact - geezus man, just the other night a guildie of mine took on 8 Imps on Hoth who were all without gear...he had his on. Do you honestly think those 8 players had any "joy" in getting their butts handed to them by ONE mediocre player? There's so little OWPvP because the gear gap is MONSTROUS! 2.0 reset everyone to ZERO as well...most players are still trying to recoup from that.

I'll check it out! Many thanks for this heads up...very interesting!!!

edit: reddit! WOW! Sounds...interesting! Kinda gives a mini-preview of what the arenas may be too. Thank you for the info!

Perhaps they shouldn't play on PvP servers?

Why is that? Are you assume that PvE servers don't have the same gear gap and that OWPvP on a PvE server is somehow more fun? Gearing up takes time, even on a PvE server...there's no bypassing it. Alts take time to gear up, even on PvE servers.

If you want gear or incentives, you do warzones. That's what they are there for. World PvP is not fair.

I've noticed that town ganking/camping is pretty discouraged by Bioware, even on PvP servers. If you can even physically get to an enemy town in the first place, it takes a full group just to tank the guards. Seems a tad excessive.

But on the other hand, these new events (such as the tauntaun mount) have led to some wonderful organic world PvP on my server. So those are nice...but I do wish they allowed faction's paths to cross more during questing. I rarely see an enemy player when questing.

No, I was addressing what you said about your friend that killed like eight other players because they didn't have gear. Didn't you say it was on Hoth? PvP happens on a PvP server. If they don't like getting killed by higher level players, or players with way better gear on, then perhaps they should play on PvE servers. That's my point.

Again, and I'm not trying to be snarky here, but your mentality is precisely what I was addressing in my OP. To guys like you, world PvP can't happen because there is no incentive to engage in it. Which is the very antithesis of what world PvP is.

If you want gear or incentives, you do warzones. That's what they are there for. World PvP is not fair.

It need not be strictly one way or the other. "Variety is the spice of life", and so forth.

You see someone form the other faction, you attack them. Maybe that person calls in guildies or friends. You do the same. It's on like Donkey Kong. That's world PvP. It's not about progression or what you can gain. It's about the act of doing it. Again, think back to the way MMOs were before instanced battlegrounds. PvP happened organically. Not because there were incentives.

The incentive was simply killing players from the other faction.

I didn't say they didn't like it, I have no idea how they felt, but I assumed there was no "joy" in their beating.

Please explain what you mean by "my mentality"? I'm presenting FACTS, not my opinions. Your statement that OWPvP is up to us, is misleading. It's not...it largely depends upon gear....without the gear, there's NO POINT in pretending you'll be OK in OWPvP...you won't be...you'll be destroyed. The gear gap PREVENTS more OWPvP from happening.

Those who have the gear, generally DO look for encounters where they can (SecX, BH, new zone)...but it takes incentive to get other players in those areas (daily missions), otherwise the chance of stumbling upon another player is remote. The "candy" (rewards, missions) fills the playground and gives us the chance we need for more organic PvP to happen.

Your mentality is what disturbs me..."OWPvP isn't fair"...are you even on a PvP server or is that just your personal philosophy? Why do you say that? What is it about World PvP that isn't fair in your mind?