Where should I start?

Being new to PVP, are there any PVP/Arena groups on Guardian that I should look for? I suppose I can keep reading the forum and get my advice from here, but I'm really hoping to have the same fun at learning PVP as I did with PVE.

I was lucky in that when I started on City of Heroes, I had a group of friends that were already familiar with the game. Because of this, picking up on how to play PVE was easy. My friends were able to offer advice on tough missions. They would also be there to exchange new ideas on character builds and thoughts on how to slot out those characters. And if we wanted to start something like a taskforce or a strikeforce, we just teamed up and (if needed) looked for two, maybe three, extra people before we got going. Granted, it was ultimately up to me to learn what worked best for my playing style, but it was nice to have friends there. Unfortunately, most of my friends do not PVP, so they are not able to assist me as much now that I'm interested in trying out PVP.

I'm not looking to replace my PVE experience with PVP. I'm looking to expand my overall CoH experience though. In the process, I hope to learn some things that will help my character-building skills as well as learn some new tricks and tactics that I could use in PVE. It would also be nice to pick up a few new friends and globals that I could team with too (both for PVP and PVE events).

I'm also interested in trying arena league stuff, having played around with the Arena a bit. I think I missed the latest sign-up and I hope to catch any new sign-ups for the Guardian server (being my "home base"). After I get really comfortable playing in a few tournaments, I would even be willing to assist in running them.

There's currently a good amount of action on Champion as well. I'd take your most PvP viable toon/s and move them to one of the active PvP servers so you don't have to leave your PvE'centric group, but can still get in on some frequent action.

Guardian is my home too. ^_^ But they're right. The zones are virtually dead and hardly anyone goes to Arena unless you can con a friend in to it. There used to be a Friday night thing but i'm not sure if that is still going on.

As they said, Freedom is the largest (from what i've seen) when it comes to PvP however i personally avoid it b/c i lose brain cells the second i zone in to RV. That's why i keep broadcast in a seperate tab.. I actually went to Virtue for PvP b/c RV isnt really dead but never gets more then 1-3 teams each side.

I can not account for any of this info but i've heard of leagues on Pinnacle (not so much), Justice, and Champion. I know a few players are trying to start stuff up on Victory but for now it hasnt gone too far. I'd choose Champion to start up on for PvP b/c it sounds like there is quite a bit there from what i'm reading above.

yep guardian was my home too. x2crunner and i used to be on guardian but we both moved and now im on freedom. pvp on guardian is extinct.

I might start back up a little on Freedom for Arena with Virus and the SG. =P I remember alor of 2vs2 ^_^

Thanks for all the feedback everyone. I'm bummed to hear about the inactivity of PVP on my home server. Maybe that will change in the future. I'm going to get some characters made on the servers you suggested above. I may even move some of my Guardian characters during a "free transfer" week.

I'm looking forward to meeting you all in the future...so my characters can "gank" yours. =D

I'm joking of course about the ganking, of course. I'm sure I'm going to face-plant several hundred times before I get used to things. I can see it now...my character is standing in the middle of the zone, completely unhidden, with a confused deer-in-the-headlights look on his or her face, shouting in the global channel, "Why is it so quiet around here?"

I sure my characters will be hard to miss (I'm serious...they practically have no shields, defense, or agility). -chuckles-

Seriously though, I'm hoping this will be a positive experience for me. And I'm really intrigued by the kickball that was mentioned earlier. It sounds devilish!

Someone once told me that "kickball" in game was a bunch of stormies and kins using hurricane/repel to throw around a player (the ball) to try and score on the opposing side. ^_^ But i think it doesnt mean the same anymore. =( Or does it?

that was repel ball, kickball is where you have a bunch of people show up for an arena match, be it 8v8,7v7 or whatever. 2 captains are chosen and they pick their teams from the remaining players a la kickball style from grade school.

Ah, so it was repel ball. Been so long since i've heard it mention. I was always picked last =(

Repel Ball was good times.