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Originally Posted by MarchHare
I'm not into PvP at all, so take this for what it's worth (not much), but I've noticed the following:
There are no arenas, but there are battlegrounds. One of them (Huttball) is like a sporting event where you can compete against other teams of either faction.
Open PvP is an option but it seems to be almost non-existent. Granted I play on a PvE server, but it is one of the most populated ones (if not the most), and I very rarely even see players of the opposite faction. Unlike WoW, where Alliance/Horde were forced into the same areas to quest, in SWTOR the two factions have mostly distinct, non-overlapping mission areas on the same planet. I'd like to hear if people on PvP servers have a different take on this.
There are PvP ranks and gear and such, but I really can't speak much about them because that's one aspect of the game in which I have absolutely zero interest. From what I've heard from my guildmates, it sounds like there's 50 PvP ranks, and you climb the ladder by competing in the battlegrounds. I don't think it's too onerous a task to reach rank 50 -- just a matter of playing a lot, not necessarily being on the winning team.
Also, there's a "free-for-all" area on Tatooine where anyone can attack anyone else, even members of your own faction, and even on a PvE server. I don't know how many people actually go there, though.
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you don't run into open world PVP until you hit Tatooine, and not until the last area of that planet really. at that point the quest areas for both factions start to blur a bit, and once you get to Alderaan you should be encountering the other side more frequently. and then once you hit 50 Ilum is the open world PVP planet that is getting a lot more content added to it
it's a far better system for PVP servers than Stranglethorn Vale was in WoW