It is a pretty big grind, I must agree, but I'm okay with the progression. I'm 24 now and yeah... 30 seems far off to me even with the amount of PvP I participate in, which in my opinion, is a lot! However, I'm a person who likes long term goals and to feel rewarded for paying dues. PvP seems to be the answer to that feeling in this game for me atm.

The large scale PvP though I really wish to be similar to World vs World in Guild wars and none of this Free Company vs Free Company stuff. Have an open world zone and you compete for strongholds and base the allegiance on grand company. That would be a lot more fun. Too much of these battles are instance and it would be nice to have something ever changing and ongoing.