Originally Posted by
Malcho
Imagine if your opponents were equal to you.
Imagine if everyone was capable of taking you out, putting your treasured prestige and rank in peril of being stolen from you.
Imagine if your gear no longer padded you and prevented you from the harm and risk that others suffer while giving you greater comfort and ease at crushing them so they stay down in a mind-numbing grind.
Would you still play if anyone could beat you? Even that rank 0 "bad" who wasn't playing as long as you; if they could usurp you and take your gladiator title? If you couldn't just grind out some gear and sit cozy; if your gear is evidence of prestige and accomplishment and nothing more.
A gold medal for winning a race shouldn't make you run faster.