The biggest issue I have with PvP currently is matchmaking, which I am under the impression is completely tied to the low pvp player base however those who understand the mechanics behind the scenes feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. From my observations as a new level 80 player I often see the same exact people quite frequently. To me this is a dead give-away because I have no MMR (if that does exist) and my gear is terrible. Yet almost everyone in my matches is using some goofy combination of max gear combined with bad gear to minmax the 328 gear cap. That is what leads me to believe there is a low population. So why the low population? I'm seeing quite frequently that there seems to be a massive "lack of skill and education" for almost the entire playerbase but is that really the issue? If everyone sucks then why is it that a majority of the lobbies I encounter seem to be 80% dedicated PvPer's and 20% randoms? Why isn't there thousands of lobbies popping off daily full of people that do no damage and have no idea what they are doing? I'll tell you why. In my personal opinion it's due to the high times to kill (not that ttk is an issue, give me a chance to explain). The game is extremely dependent on multiple people smashing one person. Sometimes based off what is happening that person can change, but ultimately one guy is getting smashed by multiple people. Sadly this means the game promotes and benefits the skilled/educated players for slaughtering the notskilled/uneducated players. It's a smart and effective tactic. Why not smash the guy that doesn't know what they are doing, or the guy that has less health? If you can quickly turn a 8v8 into a 7v8 or a 4v4 into a 3v4 why wouldn't you? However, view it from the perspective of the guy that is notskilled/uneducated. They que PvP. They do no damage, they die instantly. Rinse and repeat until they get kicked for being afk or the match is over. Of course no one is going to want to play that. And that is why there is no match making, because the majority of the player base that suffers from "a lack of skill/education" are simply just not que'ing. And when they do, they get focused fired because that's what the game mechanically wants you to do in order to increase the baseline odds of you winning.