Best of the Best

[r0xx0r]

iwould love to see botb here

[Koota]

Was on the team of Rallos Zek's Test of Tactics, which was an absolute blast. However, that took place during Kunark era.

Believe it or not, the majority of gear that makes you a far harder opponent in a PvP situation has nothing to do with acquiring it from raids. Fact is, most of it is group-able to obtain, and even more of it is crafted. There were certain pieces I used that a level 30 could obtain for years and years on Rallos Zek.

While true, the raid gear may give you a bit more hp/mana/ac, but that really isn't your goal with your PvP gear until you hit a certain threshold of across the board resists. As a casual raiding Monk, I could wipe the floor with the hardcore raiders on Rallos Zek (MiM, Begotten, ASD, for those who are from RZ). While twinks that were properly geared with resists, and knew what they were doing were by far the harder contender.

tl;dr - No reason to preset gear. It's not hard to even the playing ground. Best of the best (skill, class, gear). Not Best of the Skill.