My opinion is that iway in it's easy to play manner makes rank > 3 pointless.
I only played 2 or 3 times in iway groups as trapper or necro. Only thing that was settled were who brings this or that spirit, period.
So it's easy to get and easy to play.
Of course iway is easy to beat, those who do not agree better play some other game or at least stay away from pvp (no offense).
Another fact is that holding hoh with iway is a challenge. It can be done, i agree, but with alot of luck.
IWAY is a good build to get fast fame, win some games, etc... And that's it. Also if you are intrested you can learn something about other professions and builds.
I'm only rank 5 so I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer when it comes to emotes. I`m in a guild where fame dosen't really matter when it comes to pvp matches. When i got into the guild and of course into the pvp team, most of the active players were rank 6+ or close to 9. I think of them as real good players, who have earned my respect in every manner.
In the whole rank system the only thing that matters is rank3+ or some proof that you know the pvp maps, played on the maps several times and that you know what your persnal build/proffession is supposed to do and what ur skills do and when you should use them and how. Period.
Usually people who play PvP alot will give you a chance or more to proove yourself. Every1 in this game started from 0 fame. No1 was granted fame just cuz they were special. Any non retarded player knows and understands that.
What makes it really hard to get into a balanced team is that most of the times the skills you bring and use affect the outcome of the match. So if you don't know what you are supposed to do or you don't get familiar with your "job" you will either be asked if you can play some other profession/build or you`ll be kicked (asked to leave). No1 likes to spend their daily 2-4 hours of pvp losing cause you don't have at least a decent performance.
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Offtopic:
All those iway teams around the pvp area along with ranger spike, necro spike and so on makes it hard to have a perfect balanced build. You can't counter everything 1 v 1 with one build. IWAY probably is the hardest to counter with a balanced build that is aimed to counter many diffrent builds. The anti IWAY part of a build also needs more spots in skillbars than skills needed to counter other builds.
The fact is that many guild groups running balanced builds (with the aim to win and hold hoh) will in many cases fail against a good iway grup (1 v 1).
What every1 should keep in mind is that the real good guilds or groups make their build so that they can perform well on every pvp map and finally have the best chance to win in the hall and hold the altar in consecutive matches.
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