What happened to pvp damage reduction?

Ok, I'm not normally one to log on to the forum to complain about things, but as I write this, I am thinking specifically about nation wars. It was my understanding that there was a damage reduction in pvp, but it seems that now, all my chars get hit for WAY more damage by other players than from any bosses in the game. I'd like to know how my barb (full 3rd cast nv gear) can still be hit for over 30k damage by a player character, but I've never been hit by any boss for more than 8k (and that includes being a lowbie 9x barb trying to tank world bosses with HH 90 gear). If a wizard can 1 shot a barb with the best gear alternative to rank 9 gear, I think there's something wrong. In addition, I know a few seekers that have 90+ defense levels and over 14k hp unbuffed who are being 2 shot by assassins. My question stands: wasn't there supposed to be a pvp damage reduction? pvp is an important part of the game, especially if you're trying to attend a nation war to improve gear on other chars, but how is it fair or even anywhere near fun to get completely demolished by another char in 1 or 2 hits? This is a game and I would assume the point of a game is to be entertaining, not maddeningly frustrating. To those people who might be tempted to say, "oh, well, get better gear," I say, "I have what was supposed to be a competitive farm-able gear set, but it seems woefully inadequate." As I've heard rumors of +3 attack level and defense shards being added to the game, which will even further widen the gap between "op" chars and everyone else, I wonder: how much more broken and unfair does the pvp need to be before PWI will either change things so that the pvp field is at least competitive, or reduce the damage done by player characters in pvp? If a 101 barb with full recast gear takes 4-8k damage from normal shots from an archer or 30k damage from magic classes, something seems inherently broken here.