Why PvP isn't popular enough

[Gor]

the fact of the matter is that many if not most people playing this game don't like PvP, they don't like the feeling of losing(especially if they aren't in MAELSTONG MIRITE gais!?), etc.

that's the same with most mmorpgs tho. pvp is never intended to be the milk and butter of the game, nor to even compete with the pve content, but rather more of a subculture in the game, something players do in addition to the pve content but on a smaller scale with its own separate set of rules, rewards and other perks from the pve content. i mean look at world of warcraft, pvp isn't even their focus, never has been, and blizzard doesnt even devote most their time to it, BUT they provide enough content to keep players who aren't even pvp-heads, to keep coming back. its the content that matters, not the winning or losing. so the pvp doesn't need to grab a big portion of the playerbase, it just needs enough players to keep the content reasonably active between players. where SE is messing up is not keeping enough rolling content available for players. we got ONE arena and ONE battleground with mediocre and now almost irrelevant gear rewards. its not that most players dont like pvp, its that players can get bored of it very quickly. there is no incentive to do it beyond glamour and a mount which both can take a long time to get depending on how much of your life you want to spend as a timesink into this game. no leaderboards. no bragging rights. obsolete rewards. its like walking into a huge amusement park and there only being two rides with expensive small stuffed animals for souvenirs.

[Skeet]

they don't like the feeling of losing(especially if they aren't in MAELSTONG MIRITE gais!?)

Give them about 1 more month. Then Maelstrom will be filled with the scrub bandwagoners of Adder and Flames who expect an easy win just because they're in Maelstrom now.

[Gor]

Give them about 1 more month. Then Maelstrom will be filled with the scrub bandwagoners of Adder and Flames who expect an easy win just because they're in Maelstrom now.

already happening

[Skeet]

already happening

Maelstrom still winning a lot more often than Adder/Flames. In about a month it'll be about even