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don't like the idea of a person losing ten ranks because they had a Real Life for a month or two, because that breeds bad sociological issues that all MMO devs should be cognizant of when designing, so there should definitely be a limit on your rank rot
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even if there wasn't a decay system incorporated into the honor rankings, you would still lose rank for not logging in for months at a time, simply because while you were gone other people will likely rank up more honorable kills than you
The small-group instance gear is good enough for the casual player. Full valor and an arcanite reaper (or equivalent) is attainable for even the most casual player over a long period of time, and will still stand up to the purple set PvP rewards well enough that you can make a decent showing for yourself in PvP, if not win a 1v1 (you shouldn't be able to anyway against a more committed player...)
i don't think the rank 10+ rewards were really meant for the casual player to earn. And as a previous posted noted, if youre really hardcore and need to take a break for a couple months because you get a new job or something, you should be up to the challenge when you get back.