Hi....
I didn't read the whole topic , but I'd like to show my opinion even if someone else talked about it alredy.
Why simply not erase the "difference" between PVP and PVE ?
To simply put, the gear should be the same, regardless of wich method you use to obtain.
Now, some of you might say that it requires a different kind of effort to obtain PVE gear and PVP gear and I say , yes it does... To get PVE gear , ure forced to group up with other people and to run through the same content because it is not common that the item you want will drop on a single run.
On the other hand, to get PVP gear you have to go through thousands of warzones to get the commendations as well.
In other words, it takes time to get gear through PVE in a different manner that it takes to get PVP gear.
My suggestion is : If you calculate the aproximately time it takes to get a "X-item" through PVE, make it so that through PVP it takes the same time. This isn't something hard to do. Let's say you need 2 runs through a hard mode to get a piece of bracer..~3.5 hours ( im gessing this value). Make it so that to get the "x-item" through pvp takes ~the same ammount of time.
Problem solved.
X-item will be obtainable through both pvp and pve while still needing different efforts but still taking the same ammount of time to obtain.
With this, people who dont like pvp or pve wont be forced to go through content they dont like to get gear. People will be able to CHOSE what is best for them , and we wouldn't need broken solutions like expertise. I particulary prefer pvp. I find boring to go through the same pve content over and over just looking for a drop.
But if I focus solely on PVP , when a new content releases, my PVP gear might not be enough to go through the new instance. Therefore, I'm forced to go all over the same HARD MODE/ OPERATIONS, depending on people online to group and blah blah blah blah....I'm not blaming the system, there a lot of people who like PVE raiding. But I rather be able to get my gear through other means , instead of being forced.
After all, why do even struggle to get better gear ? To kill scripted mobs ? REALLY ? cmon...the only point we all fight to get better gear is because we want to have the upper hand on pvp.
Stop this thing, this is PVP item and this is PVE item....make them both viable through different ways, so the paying customers *us* will be able to choose from what we think is the most fun.