I wrote about this a bit in another thread -- going to copy and paste:
The Arena of Honor. It seems that players prefer to earn their equipment from PvE, then use it directly in PvP maps. There's something about having two modes of PvP that evidently 'splits' the PvP community in two. Particularly during its adolescent stages, I tried encouraging more players to experience the Arena of Honor. However, many players demonstrated an affinity for boasting their newly obtained gear in the regular PvP maps (there is some psychological phenomenon about using the fresh, colorful new gear as opposed to the 'newbie' looking gear). Either way, the 'split' in PvPers has contributed to a perpetual mentality of: "Dang, looks like there aren't that many people online PvPing. Guess I'm gonna log off now."
While I personally believe that this is a ridiculous reason to not participate in the arena of honor, it's just too true. Honor PvP doesn't have that endgame feel to it -- it feels like twinking.
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