So whose ready to remove ranks?

[Nektulos-Tuor]

Took me less than week to hit r50 and it was joke compared to 40-45, the problem i see here is that you havent really done any pvp before latest update, then ofc it will take alot time(i started pvp when SE added FL secure). PvP in here is pretty much same as PvE, if you dont keep up with the updates you will fall behind, but catch ups comes at slower pase than it comes to PvE(they just removed rank req from ilvl110 items, so this is the catch up for pvp). So all you can do atm is just to grind up to r50 before next update so you can keep up with progression, thus allowing you to wear latest pvp gear in future if you really want it that badly.

PvP "Gear" should be the only thing not tied to a rank. Skills+Everything else should be whats tied to rank.

[Synestra]

PvP "Gear" should be the only thing not tied to a rank.

Why not? i want to hear good reason not just "beacuse i want it".

[Kapiz]

PvP "Gear" should be the only thing not tied to a rank. Skills+Everything else should be whats tied to rank.

But gear being tied to rank is one of the main reasons why people still continue the grind
Its a good incentive and rewards players who slug through the hundreds of matches to reach that rank, why deprive them from this "achievement" just cause you want it?

[Synestra]

But gear being tied to rank is one of the main reasons why people still continue the grind

For some maybe but not for everyone, gear is just nice perk buuuut if it has CRIT/DET in it then i actually want it for more deeps. I mainly do it for fun/time killing after raids/between crafting etc.. and its also fun to mindgame against opponents and then own them hard, or outplaying those pesky SMN and makeing their "iwin" fail thus leading their miserable death or cowardly retreat. Pissing peoples off is most enjoyable thing you can do in pvp and that alone is reward itself.

PS: When you kill SMN in pvp nowdays dont forget to do some T-Bagging, it will make some of them infuriated and that feels good mon ^_^