I have never understood why all the raid gear is better then the pvp gear for pvp. It just seems like such a no brainer to make raid gear good for raiding, and pvp gear good for pvp. But maybe that's easier said then done.
/shrug
As a n00b to the whole PvP thing I am all for optional PvP on the PvE server. I like the idea of the whole call to arms thing that I can choose to take part in or not. At least thats the way I understood it.
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