While getting a tad sick of the insanely boring missions with a bot that doesn't listen, I thought it was time for me to semi-retire my engy, and maybe pickup PvP again.
Last time I tried my hand at PvP, I made an very OEd enforcer stopped leveling at level 18 I think. Killed a whole bunch of people, lost a few times too, never got a title. I figured out why when Cosmick posted the thread about how title work. All I can say is DOH! Anyway. I got sick fast since when I won without outside buffs everyone complained that I was outside buffed, people kept running away, when I was outside buffed I felt like I cheated when I won eventho I know most people are outside buffed, and last but not least I got sick of the childish behavior.
So the 14.2 comes along, and I decided it was time to check out PvP again. So I don't insanely OE my trader, I decide to go for sta/psy armor, don't have a coat, and max OEd shotgun I can have, and ql 50 implants at level 25. The first guy I duel is a level 20 fixer. I killed him so fast I wondered what the hell. His comment was: "Damn, you didn't look that twinked". The only thing I had better than him was ql 50 implants where he had ql 30s. He took the loss like a man, and I though that Traders must be gods. So I take on a freshman enforcer a couple of leves above me. It's a fairly long fight eventho i manage to root myself instead of him a couple of times. But I never get him below about 95% health. Either a visual bug or outside heal/buffs. Cordial enough guy, no shouting you suxxor n00bi when I finally die. So I sit around waiting for rez effect to wear off(this is where I make my mistake I sit inside the arena to watch a fight, in the old days you used to be able to do this), some 15 level trader attacks me. WTF.. He wasn't supposed to be able to do that. Oh, well.. I just run to safety. Then I get a tell from another guy there that this level 15 trader is a gank and a general brat. So I decide to sit around and listen. The crowd has gotten more hostile and bratish since last time I pvped. Gankers flourish, outside buffs and heals seems to be the order of the day.
So basically it's still those with a rich sugardaddy or suggarmam who rule the lowbie PvP. So much for getting new players involved.
So my next questions are:
* Is it just the rule and accepted to have outside buffs?
* Is it pointless to PvP without them?