Directly from Matt Firor:
you now have the option of gaining experience via RvR or PvE at any time on your journey from level 1 to 50.
players of Dark Age of Camelot, through the New Frontiers expansion, have the option of engaging in PvE OR RvR to gain levels.
now you can do it from day one of your character’s existence.
Yes, in your wildest dreams.
The guys at Mythic have forgotten that the PvP in DAoC is completely dependent on PvE. You cannot compete without a more than decent equipment and zero money. You cannot even access the battlegrounds if you don’t have a way to pay the medallions.
Everyone with even a little experience of the game knows perfectly that DAoC’s PvP is conceived firstly as a money sink. You cannot do that without a fuckload of money for a long list of reasons. This is affordable when you reach level 50 and you are able to easily earn gold on high level PvE. But impossible for a low level character.
Throughout all the standarized PvE experience you never have even the money you need for the very basic things you need. The game is balanced to make you feel always at loss, till you reach 50 (where you’ll need various platinums to build crafted equipment and be able to compete).
Think two seconds before writing stuff.
Sharp-eyed readers notice that.