Had my first real foray into PvP on Friday night. I'm in Westfall working on my much neglicted cooking skills when Sentinel Hill comes under attack. Hop on my horse and ride over, there are a couple of much lower level Horde killing vendors. Decide to help when ZAP, I'm dead. Turns out there were some much higher level Horde waiting in the wings. Some more Alliance arrive and the Horde get dispersed. Spot a level 24 tauren named Dragonsomething (maybe blood?) and had to hit him.
Ride on a little further and there goes another tauren riding by on his mount. A mid-40 level Tauren name kpMenace. Start following him and send out a message that I need help. At some point he notices me, the lowly 40 paladin, following him. He dismounts and starts shooting me. Him: run around, shoot, jump up and down, run, shoot again. Me: heal, chase, heal, chase. Uh oh, getting low on mana. kpMenace moves in for the kill...
What kpMenace does not know is that I am grouped with Arraken and 3 other high level characters who literally ride over the crest of the hill as I am about to die and crush him.
Moral of the story: paladins make excellent bait.