This, or let the gear be cosmetic only and by that avoid what happens in other games where uber nolifers that call themselves hardcore pvpers get the best gear and go zerg noobs in bgs or rvr zones, and then link kill messages in global /general, and call everyone a *********** noob and other humiliating names. Want to show off your skill, show it on even ground.
As far as I see it, your post is a bunch of QQing paragraphs, from the minority of the players.
One more thing, but without you and the likes of you thegame will survive and prosper, but without me and the likes of me the game will become a ghost town.
With that said, I have to add that every mmo I played I picked a pvp server.