Rank Removed, PvP is Less Interesting Now

[Kaeoni]

Yeah, because the gear was never prestigious to begin with in my own, personal opinion. It had the same prestige as the relic weapon, which again was just a weapon that took no skill to obtain. All you have to do is mindlessly press the queue button and participate. I would rather have locked rewards behind feats of skill, such as what they're going to be doing with the Diamond tier rewards.

^ This 100%

Being rank 50 and having that gear didn't/doesn't mean you're amazing at PvP. It just meant you had the time to throw at it. And I do respect that time people put in for these things. However it's time to give it the Zodiac treatment, It's a dead format. Rank still means something and is something everyone wants to cap out for enhanced abilities. SE has and is putting effort into this Feast thing. Diamond rewards will be an even better way to prove your metal than what you currently had. Especially if those rewards are ephemeral for that season. I predict some will be.
If all you "Hardcores" quit because of this change I guess it just means you were all just "glamour princesses" in disguise anyways and it's time the real men and women took it from here.

It's difficult when changes like this happen, i get it, people are getting fast tracked (sort of) and it might seem unfair. But understand it's coming from a place which should overall benefit the community and you personally in the end.