Johnlenham
Member
You can PvP at 85 without a full set of gear; just get the crafted gear. It's good enough that you'll survive pretty long, depending on the class of course.
I didn't enjoy healing on my priest at all until I got some of the better gear because healers tend to get trained. But on my rogue, I have zero pvp gear (not even crafted) but it's still pretty fun. Even if you don't do much damage, you have a lot of CC and control.
As DPS I was getting wrecked without gear, spent an afternoon running heroics and had enough valor/justice to kit myself out! Makes a hell of a difference!