One aspect of PvP is to prevent opponents from gearing up as well. So yes, as much as we have fun meeting people at PvP/PA/TSB, we clear maps regularly to prevent you from getting that next hero pet, or pen dd stone, or to prevent you from farming +12 tickets/abso ears or eyes. As much as meeting you in the battlefield is a part of PvP, so is preventing opponents from being able to gear up.
While PvP involves gearing up, it is just as much as about preventing others from gearing up.
If you PvP'd as much, you'd understand it's all a part of the system.
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