I hit 80 last week and thanks to a great guild got some decent blues and even a T1 helm. In the coming weeks, I'll try to chronicle my experience (and frustrations) as an 80 Conq. in the hopes that FC will (maybe) do something about it. Today's topic: PeeVeePee
[The Issue]
In AoC, you can pvp when you are 80. Before that, minis will NEVER pop and world pvp..well..thats another story better left untold.
I knew it'd be frustrating to PvP without full T2 PvE gears- and I was right. Just like in The Secret World, pvp in AoC is reserved only for the elites. Newcomers will often find themselves fighting against Ranked 6 players who just take your hits, laugh at you and then one shot you. No matter how hard you try, its just not possible to do anything since at the end of the day, its all stats.
[The Frustration]
Fine. I'll just tough it out and grind levels till I get some pvp gears, I thought. But it's just torturing yourself. The grind is slow as hell and lets face it, no one wants to die over and over again for hours knowing fully well its a bad design and gear issue.
[The Solution]
1. A simple buff to lower ranked players (multiply their stats by X) so that they can get the levels and gears without getting one shot.
2. Make getting the first tier pvp gear faster/easier. If you are worried about breaking PvE, don't let players use PvP gears in Raids/Dungeons.
What is NOT a solution is asking me to fork up $30 to buy PvP gears from the store. Any decent person will refuse to do that when he is already paying $15/month.
If anyone has any suggestion how I can get some PvP ranks/gears please feel free to reply. Pls. don't say stuff like "Farm Bori". I don't even know what Bori is and apparently those who do in /Global are too busy talking about my mother.