Yeah, gear is there and people aren't complaining about lordaeron geared players.
I think that you don't get the main reason of the complains after lot of posts.
People aren't complaining about GEARED PLAYERS, people are complaining about icecrown and blackrock geared players, icecrown with more focus because is a wallet realm.
Gear complain isn't "valid" when you play on the same realm under the same conditions, not when you mix donor and buffed content realms.
but is possible on icecrown and there lies the problem.
And that's what is happening and just show you don't get the reason behind complains.
yeah, this expansion don't shine for the balance, but
You aren't mentioning the damn core of the complains and deviating the topic. If wotlk pvp is a mess or not isn't the point for lordaeron players about cross realm pvp.
It's part of the problem of course, pve and rating requeriments for gear just shows their flaws in this situation, but lordaeron players are too wotlk players, so this is a different subject.
oh man, the i don't get it card strikes again
"cross realm pvp is bad idea"
"you should reconsider pvp cross realm"
"make a pool in lord about cross realm"
"i don't believe that they gonna merge arena with pay to win realm"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH0hikcwjIA
that's a start.