All good ideas guys. Unfortunately Ego, I won't be on my home pc until tomorrow. @beefy, the server will eventually be public and open to everyone here, it's just not ready yet.
Originally, I had planned on all characters starting out with all the necessary gear that gives stats, so nobody is at a gear disadvantage, and then just having frivolous items to be gained; like mounts, tabards, and titles. But if you guys think we should have it where characters start out with the basic white gear + enchants, then pvp/raid for BoAs, then onto other gear, we can consider that too. I'll put it to a vote when I get the forums online. I just don't think we want it to be a boring grind for better gear, like it is at 80 on retail. I want it to be fun, and I want pvp to be more skill/strategy-based than gear-based.
For the PvE events, do you guys think we should schedule times for the events and just spawn the bosses at a certain area? I could create a PvE arena in addition to the PvP arena at gurubashi.