Amazing PvP changes!

[Nektulos-Tuor]

Removing Ranks, and new gear is cool!

[Stupiduglytaru]

fkn noname pls

[Reen24]

rip ranks lmao

[Synestra]

Hmm... might get few sets for retainers now.

[Kurogaea]

Me

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Whoever thought it was a good idea to remove ranks after most of us grinded our butts to get ranked gear

=

[Februs]

This is the virtual equivalent of being kicked in the nutz. It's disgusting, and shows an alarming lack of integrity and foresight. The one good thing that I can still hold onto is that the scrubs who will benefit off of this will almost certainly never get the diamond exclusive gear.

[Guesswhat]

This is the virtual equivalent of being kicked in the nutz. It's disgusting, and shows an alarming lack of integrity and foresight. The one good thing that I can still hold onto is that the scrubs who will benefit off of this will almost certainly never get the diamond exclusive gear.

Meh, next expansion and they're free.

[TheWaywardWind]

TBH, I'd care more if all the new gear wasn't so ugly.

Enjoy the old gear, I guess. Glad you learned to sit and wait and be patient for 8 months instead of whining petulantly on the forums about it.

[nickx]

Meh, next expansion and they're free.

I have a feeling that the diamond PvP gear will be unique to each season, and likely never obtainable again, and the next season will have a new diamond set to obtain.

On a side note, I think SE made this rank-less gear choice to allow all players (in particular, new ones that wish to dive into PvP) a variety of gear to choose from for Feast. Having a maxed out PvP Rank shouldn't be taken as a prestigious achievement anymore, the new goal will be Feast rankings, which will obviously be based on skill and not just a long grind. Sure, it might suck for veterans who took the time to climb to rank 50 to wear gear, but at least these players will have an AP advantage and hopefully more PvP experience over newer players, which will help with obtaining the unique diamond gear.

[Februs]

Meh, next expansion and they're free.

It's possible but highly doubtful. Given that SE has locked that gear behind a completely different ranking system that actually requires wins (as opposed to lengthy farm in which you could, technically, lose ever single match), it seems unlikely that SE would simply hand them out for free. They also implied during their announcement that new diamond league gear would be made available as time went on, and that the purpose of the gear was to make diamond league players readily identifiable by appearance. If that's the case, its seems counter-intuitive to just let anyone wear it.

Regardless, even if SE does eventually make it available for scrubs who don't actually play the game-mode, it most likely be after the gear has been replaced with something new and better. Hardcore PvP'ers will (hopefully) always have something that they can constantly strive for, a reward that keeps them competitive and actively aiming to be diamond rank.