I really appreciate your advice to just get in there but it's not unusual for others to just drop when they see an unranked.

I'm not bad at PVP, I'm only lvl35 but that's purely down to not having the incentive to sit through huge queues or take abuse. I was actually told once by a random person that I was 'known' in Primal Maelstrom Frontline & that members of a linkshell had been trying to get the chance to chat with me to join up. I was really chuffed... of course, then The Feast arrived & it sucked the fun out of it for me.

I've even experienced unnecessary hate in the unranked Feast because I said it was my first time in that mode. It's toxic without reason. I sound like a right whining shit now, & you probably think that must be a scumbag that deserves it, but I assure you I'm lovely & always helpful in game. *shrug*