While I applaud all kind of suggestions to improve or add flavor to wpvp, I also remember my own experiences in rated (that was long time ago) and the problems it had. Rating is a kind of burden, it is a thing you gain in a hard way and are worried not to lose. You step into the next rated bg with a thought on the back of your mind, you are in a tense state. And when your rating starts to drop, then there is frustration, anger. Some people prefer not to continue bringing such emotions onto themselves and stop doing it. Others keep going…
If all those emotions are carried into wpvp, would it be a good thing? Maybe wpvp should remain a free spirit, as it is now?