Okay...so the minion PvP...is getting RANKING!? And regular PvP isn't? What the HELL!

[Nektulos-Tuor]

So you consider multiple matches a "grind"? There's your problem there.

When your playing an underpowered class. (Not scholar mind you, I am speaking of my alt. My scholar is actually fun to play in PvP.) and going into PvP where you literally get trashed and feel like you have no effect on the fight then it is a "Grind".

It reminds me in WoW when Death Knights and Paladins were OP and trashing everyone in a few hits and were un-killable.

Now, if it was PvP like RIFT where everyone was unique and different? RIFT also had a rank system, but it wasn't as bad as getting the gear for it and it was removed every season. (3 months.) So PvPers who played a lot still had an advantage but it was short lived.

If PvP is grindy and feels like a job more then fun then its not well designed.

For FL, I totally agree that a mix match of 160/170/190/200 gear to exclude acc and parry is more than enough. For those of us looking forward to the ranked WD, we will use the pvp gear, extra wolf marks now that I have my sets(and when I had my i110 set) are an easy dump for desynth, no different than dungeon drops. So by your logic, it's sad that I desynth valerian gear or trade it for seals?

Valerian gear looks extremely cool.. but not dyable,
Valerian gear is far easier to get.
Valerian gear does not have crappy and stupid requirements attached.