Sometimes I just wish they would do away with rank. Let's face it, most people I know right now regardless of pvp skill are rank 10.
If they just made it where you could only wear faction arties in fel then that might solve some problems. Besides that I like the idea of 3 factions and the idea of new bases.
However, the new bases are just not the most thought out for fighting.
This new ranking system is going to turn out to be as lame as the points are.
Then again, what ranking system could the UO devs make that wouldn't be abused?