**** or get off the pot.
Really depends on what kind of pvp you want to do/enjoy.
Zone pvp is easiest to get into- just pop into any active zone (yes Freedom has the most active pvp zones). Self suffcient builds seem to do really well in zone pvp. Things with self heals, hiber, phase etc. Scrappers/stalkers do ok solo in zone because of their high damage, high survivibility. For zone teams ranged attacks/debuffs is the way to go.
Arena pvp is also very active on Freedom, people are listing KBs almost nightly, it may take you a few rounds to get into a match as usually only 16 people play per round, but coming to KB with a useful character and being available to use vent is a huge plus.
At the most basic there are 4 types of roles in Arena pvp: damage, disruption, setup/debuff, and buff/heal.
You don't 'need' incarnate powers to pvp, yes it makes things much easier but its really not make or break.
As far as builds-
If you solo pvp a lot I would suggest ele/wp stalker, spines/wp stalker, km/regen scrapper, or Km/fire scrapper.
WP on stalkers is pretty much easy mode because it has a self heal, a max hp power (its awesome NOT having to do accolades to get to hp cap) and you also won't get Kb'd.
KM on scrappers is pretty nice, it has pretty bad acc due to the lack of a true build up power, but CS does crazy damage and can be proc'd like a stalkers AS- 3 nucs and 3 procs. /regen is nice for the heals and the t9, while /fire gives you some pretty good resists, a fast recharging self heal and some extra fire damage to your attacks when FE is up.
For arena pvp-
You might try blaster as it is one of the easiest roles to play on a team. Psy/em is what most people play due to the delayed damage which allows you to have multiple attacks hit a target at almost the same instant creating a large packet of damage.
And finally as far as zones-
Freedom RV (people will have incarnates)
or
Freedom Sirens (people will not have incarnates).
OK...been playing this game for years and my attempts at PVP have mostly been unsatisfying. Anyone have any guides/advice for someone trying PVP "again for the first time".
When I last played scrappers were very in....any easy build suggesstions? What zones are good in for a non-incarnate PVP. I haven't done much of the 50+ content...
I hear Freedom is the place to go...any other advice is appreciated, thanks in advance.