Please remove gear advantages in PVP

[Sigvaldus]

So by everyones logic here, having more gear from beating pvp matches means you are not as skilled as someone in less pvp gear..............eh?

[Raenryong]

So by everyones logic here, having more gear from beating pvp matches means you are not as skilled as someone in less pvp gear..............eh?

*By having such a large gear gap, the outcome is disproportionately biased towards the team with greater gear, irrespective of skill. This also strongly discourages new players.

[Sigvaldus]

*By having such a large gear gap, the outcome is disproportionately biased towards the team with greater gear, irrespective of skill. This also strongly discourages new players.

But pvp gear has no effect in the level 30 - 40 so you could just grind in the lower levels fights untill your ready to do the 50's or maybe even just replace all your gear with crafted pvp stuff, not sure how good the level 55 stuff is when used, need to test that.

[Raenryong]

But pvp gear has no effect in the level 30 - 40 so you could just grind in the lower levels fights untill your ready to do the 50's or maybe even just replace all your gear with crafted pvp stuff, not sure how good the level 55 stuff is when used, need to test that.

i55 set is decent. Inferior to the higher PvP sets and abilities.

Your solution still involves grinding to be able to play on a semi-level field. Anathema to competitive play.

[Sigvaldus]

i55 set is decent. Inferior to the higher PvP sets and abilities.

Your solution still involves grinding to be able to play on a semi-level field. Anathema to competitive play.

I think there is room for argument that balance is always going to be an issue but the only way to make it an equal playing fields is to make everyone have everything and that would be dull, sometimes having a competative edge over a group or being at a disadvantage can really make for some interesting matches. I mean i'm pretty sure PVE would be hella dull if we all had to fight dungeon mobs and bosses if they did equal damage, equal defenses, my only compliant with PVP is the chain CC dual summoner/scholar combo.....

[Alhanelem]

*By having such a large gear gap, the outcome is disproportionately biased towards the team with greater gear, irrespective of skill. This also strongly discourages new players.

Lack of rewards discourages new players a lot more than a percieved imbalance. Even if they lose, they'll eventually get rewards.

Removing functional rewards / turning all rewards to vanity would be extremely damaging to PvP. Rank keeps people with likely similar gear together.