Quote Originally Posted by Gor View Post
The rank is just a number. There is essentially nothing different you can do at rank 40 that you can't as a rank 1. I swapped from Adder to Maelstrom and other than not having the enhanced abilities at the start, it wasn't a problem at all and even then i ranked up so fast at the beginning that it didnt take much time to get some good starter pvp points in.
You lose PVP ability points. And if you happen to be wearing i100 pvp gear, that also.