You got me before the edit.
The Fatman was pretty much focused on PvP during that time. Everyone queuing for WZs, hoping to infect others in Huttball, etc. Oh, those were the days. I just hope I don't have to do any "Story" missions for access to the dailies, like Makeb and Oricon. I haven't done Oricon, but I heard the "Story" is super short. Regardless, I just farm Makeb chests for some quick .
IMO, I think everyone has their own definition of what the original Rakghoul Plague event was like. For me, it was a PvP-centric event, but that probably has to do with being on a PvP server, like you just said.