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Keep in mind the Abyss is it's own land mass with multple zones. quest hubs, little towns, etc. It's not just 1 big battle field zone. Theres actually tons of PVE Raids throughout it as well.  Just to add to above, the "rifts" start in the level 20 zones, at level 25 you can goto the Abyss.Before the level 20 areas the game is just PvE.Think of it as a continent in any other game. You'll get plenty  of your pvp fix here too. At some point you pretty much have to finish leveling in the abyss, atleast it's more ideal. (EG better quests, items etc.)  Why not buy cheap aion gold here !

But to awnser your original question, yes. You can pvp in the apposing factions zones before the abyss. There are rifts that randomly open up leading to the other races zones, they appear quite often in the mid-higher levels. Can't belive no 1 mentioned this but u can challenge ppl of your faction to a duel. U actually can't die in the duel: I think u get to live with like 1 hitpoint and there is a message that says something like: " player fell to the ground defeated".  Come with me to buy aion gold here !