You don't have to pve first at all, but you as a player should have more self respect than to show up to a battleground on a pay to win server not even able to take a hit. Don't run out and max out your credit limit, but have some common sense and dignity. It's a team effort in a BG and if you can't even try to contribute you shouldn't show up. I tried to PvP on ragnaros almost a year and some change ago now when I first hit 80. New to the server and all. I got squashed like a bug at 4.5ish gearscore when I thought I would at least be able to take a hit. I left PvP alone and went to gear pve until I had the capacity to get PvP gear for myself. (frostys or swipe'n) I play on a 1.1k res disc priest, a 1.4k res hpal, and a one off BiS arms warrior. I still get trained at times, but at least I can help the team. It's not all about killing blows and top heals though. It's about self respect and being able to contribute in a positive way. I will never say a word about one or two guys being 3k + you gotta farm the points, but at least they didn't just insta 80 and hop in a que. I made a hunter a month ago, he's 4 set T10 and 6.3 I dropped 20 bucks on the Xbox. It's not even hard to do that which is why I don't get where these 1-3k dudes are coming from. And by no means is that 1011 gs druid the only one of the scumbags, 50% or more of a 15 toon roster is 1 shot turds. Come on guys