I joined my first guild 6 Years ago. I knew nothing of PvP, but Listened to what my guildmates suggested. I built the Template, Farmed the Gear, Practiced dueling against them for weeks.
First fight was outside Destard 4 of us against 10 of the Main PvP Guild on the Shard. After about 10 Minutes of Fighting we lost 2 of our members and the enemy had lost 4. Was just me and My Guildmaster each of us fighting 3 of them
Was the Most Fun I've ever Had in my life. PvP was the Only reason I played the game after that! Until my guild quit.