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Originally Posted by Drauk

You realise that there is very little difference between situation you described and getting T3 ? Retroactive buff to PvP armor is retarded. I know getting even R13 is huge work, but it is way less man-hours spent than gearing in PvE.

Right. If Blizzard actually did what I just described, there would be a collosal uproar, and rightly so. Telling current Tier2 owners that "sorry, you have to go back to BWL, MC and Ony to collect your new set ALL OVER AGAIN" vs. just putting in a retro upgrade.
At the very least, it would be cake because those players would be geared up and already know the ropes of those zones. However, there would be much sour grapes over the fact that people coming into BWL *NOW* get the better stuff right away. There is little advantage like that in PvP, because PvP is all about time invested rolling PUGs and hoping you don't get matched up with the other faction's "A-Team" too many times. It's not like they had to do more work, they simply were fortunate enough to get those items after the upgrade.

Originally Posted by Drauk

I know getting even R13 is huge work, but it is way less man-hours spent than gearing in PvE.

You obviously haven't a fucking clue, I'm sorry. Do you raid BWL 7 days a week, 14 hours a day? No? Then please don't speak about time investment for high ranking PvP as if you actually know what you are talking about.