separate pvp and pve
All pvp gear is normalized.
All abilities and traits (if you have HoT) are unlocked.
The level of your character does not matter and your equipped items count as if they were lvl 80 exotic.
You can only unlock a small range of items with some gold.
If you want to build a char for PvP you might instead turn your attention to wvw.
you can use the same toon for pve and pvp, the build and equipment/rune/sigils/amulet and traits are all seperate. (the little helmet icon top middle of screen when in the mists)
i think you need a toon to be lvl 22 to unlock the PVP icon at the top. then it is unlocked on all future toons. (but you can get there via portals in Lions arch without the button if you dont have a lvl 22+ toon).
while there is no point in leveling a pvp only toon, i have a few of them sitting at levels 2-10+. and i keep an empty character slot when i feel like rolling a funny name for awhile.. the only reason to level would be for looks since u cannot equip shoulders and gloves i think, at that low level.
been playing since start so i have tons and tons of the tomes of knowledge for leveling. ive leveled 6 toons using tomes, and still have enough to fully level 8 more. but i dont bother since its PVP…