Originally Posted by
SirCowdog
Let's actually think about this for a second:
1) You fought but you still lost. Maybe because the person was better than you, or because there were mobs.
2) There was more than 1 person attacking you.
3) Maybe another person from your faction joined in spontaneously because they were there, and the ganker got his friends to retaliate.
4) You need help tracking down a rogue or druid using stealth.
It's not always just about being an ass long and hard enough to provoke a response.
You wouldn't need to. You could just fight. No extra step required. No traveling from wherever your main is. No need to waste time trying to figure out where the ganker is.
You just fight. Why is that a problem?
What? Non-sequitur. Explain this, because it doesn't make any sense.
So by that logic the person with better gear should ALWAYS be entitled to win? Like it's some kind of right you've earned by farming gear? This logic makes no sense to me. You seem to believe that your level and gear should determine victory instead of player skill.
It's player vs player. Not gear vs gear. And while equipment and talent choices can determine playstyle, it should be the more skilled player who wins, not just who has the better gear. Otherwise Mythic raiders would always win, and your ability to fight would be determined by your PVE progression instead of your PVP skills.
And this is why it's toxic. It's foundation is based in hate and salt. Why is that a good thing? Act this way in any other part of the game and Blizzard shuts it down. Spew hate or bile into any forum, chat channel, or group and you'll get slapped by a GM. But somehow because it's an RP reason, it's ok?
Not to mention the RP effect could just as easily be accomplished by simply fighting other players roughly your same level. Why is creating a situation where one player literally can't fight back required? I'll answer that for you: It's not.
People just like ganking because it gives them a little sadistic jolt of glee. It makes them feel powerful because they had control over another player for a little bit. And then it makes them the center of attention when people are forced to log onto mains to deal with them(which again gives them a tiny form of control over another player). And so they make up all kinds of excuses and rationalizations to keep doing it.
Because if they were actually interested in real wPVP they'd be in capped zones seeking capped players to fight, not bottom feeding in low level areas with the intent to piss people off.