I spent ONLY Saturday and Sunday playing IB. I'm not that great at PvP. KD is barely over 1 overall I think. But I got to level 5 by Sunday night. You don't have to be good to get ranks in IB. Just have to play it a lot. I even got Timur's Lash and the Ship. Haha. I bought the Shader to show my "superiority". Why do I need the gear? It's not that great, I like the raid gear a lot better. Fits my play style better and it already had the attributes I wanted. I'd say people with full raid gear (including helmet) AND the lvl 5 iron banner shader are the real masters. ;)