You Need To Reward Open World PvP - ASAP!

Open world pvp is pretty terrible because of companions. Some classes are stuck with garbage ones till the late 30s, others get a healer first.
Then you have to consider that some classes will get more from having a pocket healer pet than others.

Generally tank and melee dps companions are worthless versus anything that doesnt stand there and wail on them.

The main problem I see is the attitude of post WOW MMO pvpers. They won't pvp unless there is a reward to be gained for it.

IMO WOW's pvp was best pre BG's and arenas. People used to group together to raid zones just for the hell of it. The fight WAS the reward. Once they introduced the instanced pvp they killed world pvp because all people did was camp in the cities and queue up for instances all day.

That being said I agree with the OP. The only way to get the instance campers out in the open world is to reward them.

I agree... its one of the most disappointing moments of this game so far.
I've been looking forward to world PVP and I finally ran into a Republic player last night and killed him. You should of seen the look at my face.... I was like ***? That's it? Where's my reward?

I agree PvP needs a lot of work. Ultima Online had a great setup. It allowed cities and towns to be protected while venturing out in the wilderness allowed the PvP. This type of setup would work great in TOR. There slso needs to be a reward for doing so. If something like this isn't implemented I will gone after I finish the storyline.

battle arenas or warzones as its called in swtor, had been always the enemy of the (real)pvp ... sorry but this zerging in arenas is no pvp for me.

ppl need rewards for pvp, its so pathetic.
i need the thrill of pvp server, i would love if there would be a FFA PvP Server.
i dont need rewards, i only want the power to decide who is going down and eat dust.

I want a FFA PvP Server without warzones.
I dont care if sith or republic have overlapping zones, on FFA i can beat down the people that I dont like.

but i also know that this will never become possible in the world of hellokitty-swtor
after i am finished with the storylines and there is still no pvp content i will be gone for the next mmo, hopefully by then there will be some good ffa pvp game out.

Everquest2 had great openworld pvp, and it´s much more fun then bgs.

I agree somewhat, but to be honest I always world pvped in WoW just to do it... I didn't need an incentive. I just loved battling back and forth as more and more waves of players came in to the fray. BGs is what killed open world, not lack of rewards.

If you truly love to pvp then you'll do it regardless, you don't need rewards. You can get those doing other things.

They should be giving valor per kill however, that just doesn't make sense, we should also be able to loot credits from our victims. A healthy amount too so at least there is a cost for losing .

And there is the problem with today's MMOers............. sad really.

I would be happy with 10 commendations for a kill at your level, minus 2 for every level below and plus 2 for every level above maxxed at 20 commendations. You can halve that and I will still be happier than I am now.

I love open pvp but no one is doing it because there is no reward. I would do it all day at any level if I got even 1xp or credit for every 10 damage done and 20 taken.

My only is that the 'O' in OPVP isn't very 'O' at all.