1. PVP Recipes drop from players only. They drop in both PVP zones and Arenas. They will never drop from critters.
2 and 3. You only have a chance for a PVP recipe drop if it's a "reputation valid kill". In a PVP zone, it's simple: If you didn't get rep for killing them, it didn't even roll to see if you get a drop. It's the same rules in the arena, but since arena kills don't give rep, there's no in-game indication of when the check is made. On top of that, if you ever do get a PVP recipe drop, you are instantly ineligible for any more drops for the next 10 minutes. Health does not directly factor into this consideration. If you gank someone who just popped a wakie, then you might get a recipe, but only if it was a "rep valid kill".
If a member of a team makes a "rep valid kill", and a PVP recipe drops, the recipe does NOT go to the person who made the kill. It is randomly distributed, just like any other recipe drop would be.
@Roderick
Thanks for clearefying.
Defiant to the last!
I have a couple of questions that I would love to have some answers on:
1. Is it only other players that drop pvp recipies or do critters in pvp zones do to?
2. Do a crittter/player need to be at full health before it can drop a pvp recipe or would a pvp player that just used an awaken and then got clubbered again be eligible to drop a pvp recipe?
3. Is a player character only able to drop a pvp recipe when not on a defeat list ( not on the 5-min-since-i-was-last-time-defeated-by-the-same-character-timer)?
In advance
Thanks.
Defiant to the last!