Question on PvP serversFollow

So I am considering transferring my characters to a PvP sever, however, I would like to find out if it would even be worth it given certain expectations I have. That is, do random, large scale world PvP fights break out often?

Thank you for any input.

I found a lot more world PVP on the PVP server I played on than my PVE server. But that's not to say there was always some kind of epic battle going on. Not by a long shot. It wasn't a primary activity, it was just more. That said, I think a lot of that depends on the particular server. They all seem to have their own culture.

I played on three different PvP servers (one of them a RP-PvP) over the last 2,5 years and the large scale world PvP battles were scarce. I don't know about PvE servers since I never played one but if you are looking for massive battles just happening here and there on a regular basis then I wouldn't recommend a transfer.
More ganking should be the only real difference since I would imagine that Tol Barad is the same experience on a PvE server. At least I think you get auto-flagged when entering a PvP zone.

Pretty much agree with everything though TB is hit or miss depending on who is playing at the time. I did my TB-Pen dailies and spotted quite a few allies, none of which ever attacked me, horde never attacked them we just all seemed to want to do our dailies and be done with it. I know there are people who simply roam around looking for a fight but not too often I don't believe.

World PVP is pretty much gank and move on, and probably, like most people stated happen during farming.

There is also the occasional city attack but people are a lot more cautious of the 85 elite guards running around so it usually deters them for the most part, or they go and camp dungeon entrances (rfc).