With the current state of the game, in that unlike the days of old we are spread to far away from each other for World Player verse Player. It would almost never happen unless in the current expansion which limits people to near max level. Phasing would be another issue if you are wanting to go find leveling players in one of the many expansions to Gank their low level.
If Ganking low level players is your thing, might I suggest playing games like Albion. When you eventually die you get robbed by the player of everything that was on your character and basically have to run around naked at the level you died at getting new gear. Seriously though there are a lot better games that have PvP compared to WoW IP.
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Look at the population of pvp servers on cata and SoD. The most populated servers are pvp servers. On both sides
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You are asking for Retail WpvP servers, so guesstimate how many players would be in game according to steam charts if Retail WoW PvP was split off?
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LOL I guess you missed all the crying to get off the PVP servers in SoD?
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They offered free transfers off pvp servers and it didn’t even make much of a difference. Even after the transfers, pvp servers were still the most populated
PvPers are charmingly straightforward.
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Majority of the the pvp servers were either horde dominated or alliance dominated ,in short they were pve servers with name tag pvp
When cross realm was added these single faction servers got enraged , oh boy the rage was awesome. In short these guys never really wanted world pvp but at the same time had a very thin skin of an ego that they don’t wanted to be on a pve server. 
You guys are an open book seriously.
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Very vocal minority want an imbalanced PVP server.
Warmode is 1000 times better.
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I’m a classic andy, and a PVP andy, and even I gotta say no.
PVP servers just bait people into playing on a server which will inevitably make them want to quit the game when they get ganked and corpse camped by a level 60.
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That’s what war mode is for
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“forced” isn’t the right word, more like “tricked”
If they called PVP servers what they actually are, “toxic servers where you get ganked by someone double your level”
Most PVP enjoyers are happy with instanced content. (just wish it wasn’t so neglected)
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So many people against a server they wouldn’t even want to play on. lol. It is kinda funny though
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Yea because I’ve had multiple play sessions ruined by PVP servers.
My buddys are always like “hey lets go on a PVP server” and I’m like “Ok”
Cut to two weeks later, I’m level 40 and they created a new character on a PVE realm and are level 30.
Yea, screw PVP servers.
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i am not against a pvp server i would 100% go play there.
But anyone whom says warmode is empty/dead or whatever probably never used it.
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Never underestimate the levels a PVP player will go to make himself happy by making you miserable. It is legendary and a big reason why eventually a lot of people just move on from PVP.
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what makes you think a lowbie can not be ganked in warmode?
I for one think a couple pvp servers would be nice.
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I like pvp but i dont think we need it, why? war mode is simple, you want to pvp, you turn it on and pvp…
a pvp server means you cant turn it off and you can lose hours of your gameplay if the opposite faction is camping somewhere
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They can, but the odds go down since they can leave and not be camped. PvP servers were stopped for a variety of reasons, war mode fulfills the PvP server in every way experience except for paying to opt in and out.
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Almost certainly hyperbole… but not without a nugget of truth. In theory I support the idea, but I have to wonder if it would have enough people, or even if it would have staying power enough to keep people asking for it engaged.
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I almost think removing warmode will be the next step rather then adding pvp servers. WoW players as a majority seem to despise pvp but want the rewards from it. Its why almost all pvp in the world is a full group descending on a single player. Sometimes amusingly the play is a dh elite and wins but most times its just a mugging.
Right now warmode limps along because of the additional rewards but without it I suspect there wouldn’t be anyone using it. PvPers have mostly retreated to rated and gankers into random battleground remades.