nah, even if they took off awakening, they would need to rebalance all the classes again for that mode to work. if you truly dont want awakening in pvp, then i suggest lv16 hardcore since you cant stash gears and you will have to either use plat to get legendary items or just farm crates in kraag and hope you get yourself an arcane chest for arc hooks.

even that would mean ppl would have to spend time to farm gears and plats to get the best possible sets available for that level.

what the game needs nowadays is to release more competitive modes like seasonal pvp lb where anyone can compete fair and square like i suggested on the thread that i posted recently.

https://www.spacetimestudios.com/sho...ges-considered