So PvE players are new content for PvP players ?
All the “DZ is empty”posts lately made you think that it was such a concern that you are trying to coheres PvE players there by offering a highest items in the game carrot to them.First off very few are going to chase into there,secondly why even put it there ? They are PvP players in a normalized to 500gs environment,why would they need 515s ?
The only reason your putting them there is so PvE players will go in to get a bit better gear to help clear the raid or heroic content,there not gonna go there because they want too.
Now what do you think is going to happen ? There all gonna love it and its gonna become there main focus of the game ? ....No, There gonna go in farm a bit get some contaminated loot” likely 515 will be contaminated only” and either die farming at landmark or definatly die trying to extract cause those are nothing but HEY IM OVER HERE COME GANK ME !!! Flags.PVPers get there loot they get mad and say screw it Im done and move onto another game and come back when its fixed.
So you supplied the minority player base PvPers some short term fun and gear they don't need due to normalization by sacrificing the PvE crowd to them and possibly losing more players from feeling forced into something they don't want to do or from feeling completely disrespected that you want to use them as fodder for dedicated PvPers.
On a side note Other than weapons and mabe mods not sure what other gear slots would really help with raid or heroics.