True, but it takes time to grind out levels and gear on a freep and it just hurts that there's no PvE content to even use it all on. Easier to play a creep and let turbine scale it through expansions.
Pretty much this. I cant see where grinding out another round of gear is worth it. The socketed armor looked promising, I guess if they do it for moors gear that would be a draw but, really is the PvP worth VIP? I say no, for now. Its been a blast but the one part of the game that wasnt static (the moors) and required some modicum of skill (in my opinion) is all but dead except on a few servers.