Non-gear based pvp

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I would first question the underlying premise that games like PotBS and Eve are not in fact gear based.

In PotBS/Shadowbane, you could create an account and within a week be using the very best gear in the game. In games like WoW, EQ, Rift that is simply NOT the case. You have to grind for hours, days, months..and in less than half a year that stuff will be outdated by newer better stuff. Thats how MMO's operate and keep players in the hamster wheel.

Any game that lets me give money to equip friends is most certainly not really a gear based game.

Non-gear based games have item durability and that the playing field is roughly equal as far as the items go.