108759-1800s-are-not-the-cats-pajamas-or-lords-of-the-universe

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So I was the first to get to 50 on my server. 
 
Unfortunately I was entirely focused on PvE and had no interest in PVP arena due to a bad taste from wows arena system.
 
Fast forward 1.5 months, I get my GA attunement and have the best pre raid gear you could get. Then I started seeing and grouping with more and more 1800s. I thought the gear looked awesome and the dmg they were doing was amazing.
 
I decided I too would go for 1800 and took a break from PVE.
 
I started watching videos of my classes best players, I researched the builds and best pre 1500/1800 gear and spent 100's of hours in practice arenas.
 
I finally found a good teammate and comp and away we went. As many of you know... From this point it became a total nightmare of boosters and exploiters which 1.5 months later I'm still dealing with. Somehow I managed to crawl my way up to 1500 in spite of them which brings me to the present day.
 
Today I met someone and he was telling me in the first week he got to 50 and started doing arena and got to 1500 in the first day of playing but quit to focus on PVE. That same player was kicking himself for not finishing up to 1800.
 
And now... He too is stuck hovering in the 1400-1600 rating and says the current environment is 100 times harder than what it was in the first week and its not because he's gotten worse. It's not because other people have got incredibly more skilled then him... It's because they out gear him.
 
So.. Once the gear changes take effect, expect a lot of 1800 noobs to finally learn that they are not the cats pajamas or lords of the universe but that they have been carried by their gear this whole time
 
(This doesn't include all 1800s.)	
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You just have to hope Devs realise it's not only about Gear but weapon also. Beside they all got "perfect rune sloted gears" ready while you dont. That's what seperate old 1800s and new players. You basicly have no chance unless there are lots of skilled difference while rarely. Those people also get free tickets to stomp practice matches whenever they want.
 
Gear advantages become far too obvious hence many quit the game because of this shit PvP broken.	
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due to a bad taste from wows arena system.
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and spent 100's of hours in practice arenas.
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			The cheating and exploiting was so bad in the first month of the game, that if you didn't participate in it, forget getting anything good in the near future. 	
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Yeah it's quite lame, I decided not to abuse the loopholes because I thought they would all lose their fake cheated for gear and I thought Carbine would clean the accounts of the PvP gear. But instead they all got rewarded with free gear and free pvp wins.
 
Guess i'll have to remember this next time a loophole/abuse opens up something..... and make sure I abuse the crud out of it too...	
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