Explain why I can't use my PvP Rewards?

[Nalien]

You know, I am fairly certain I've gone through a new dungeon and obtained gear I cannot use until I grind out the levels for the Job. Fairly certain I could use Law/Esoterics to buy Summoner gear I cannot use, as well, until I grind Summoner to 60. I have to grind Summoner to 60 before I can use that awesome AF2.

PvP is no different. You have to grind to Rank 50 before you can use the new gear in the same way you'd have to grind a Job to 60 before you can use its new gear. Since PvPs release, they've done plenty of things to ease up this grind, too; Out right increasing the rewards from Wolves' Den, adding Frontlines with far better rewards, adding PvP EXP to the Challenge Log, adding the PvP Roulette, removing the Rank requirement on old gear.

That last one is a pretty big one... To compare to PvE, that's like having them take all the Lv50 cap equipment and reducing it down to Lv1 gear so newbs can run around in AF and Relic weapons. That simply doesn't happen, but it happened with the PvP equipment, granted PvP equipment might as well not have stats on it (but I'd argue the same is true for any of the gear in this game, given how pathetic itemization is here...) since it's really only there for glamours at this point, but that just makes the complaints even more pathetic. If Morale still worked like it did in 2.1 and Frontlines actually made use of the stat, perhaps there would be an argument here, but that isn't the case. PvP gear has absolutely no standing in ones PvP ability, it's literally just a trophy. Trophies tend to loose their value when everyone gets one for participation.

What they really need to do is overhaul the PvP Rank system entirely. It shouldn't be something you grind out; It should be something you work on, constantly. It should be based off your wins/kills/deaths/etc. and it should be possible to go down a rank. I'll be the first to admit that PvP gear as a trophy doesn't really work, considering all you need to do is grind it out. It's far too much like PvE gear in that regard. If I'm wearing the current PvP set, that should say that I have, and have maintained, a fairly high rank by being good at PvP. It should not say that I grinding my way to Rank 50 in a few weeks, like it currently does. If I don't PvP, my Rank should decrease. If I have a massive losing streak, my Rank should decrease. Having Rank 50 should be something you easily reach by being good and have to maintain by continuing to PvP. It absolutely shouldn't be something a bunch of whining PvE players can jump into after a bit of grinding and then never touch the content again...