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If gear truly is the only thing holding you back, then be patient and gear yourselves up. It doesn't take long anymore, but you do have to work for it. Create "easy" compositions in 3's and 5's to get yourself decent points every week. My hunter is at 6 days played at 70 and will be full Vengeful/Vindicators in two weeks.
As seasons progress, the line at which you begin meeting well geared players drops. It takes 8000 Arena Points to purchase full Vengeful armor, minus the weapons. Good players will have this in three weeks. Add on two weeks for the weapons, and one more for the Misc. slot, and six weeks in you'll see players in full Vengeful gear hovering around 2.3-2.4k in 2's, 2.2-2.3k in 3's and 2.1+ in 5's. As the weeks go on, that line will drop, anywhere from 50-100 points per week. We're deep into S3, so you can expect to see fully geared players who have been sitting at 1800 rating all season.
I'm a firm believer in the idea that playing against better teams will make you a better player, in the same way that watching videos of good players will help you improve. It is also necessary to learn to overcome gear gaps against teams that have the gear, but not the skill to back it up. If you combine both of these lessons, when you finally obtain your gear a few weeks down the road, you will already be playing at a gladiator level, and you will find yourself there soon enough.
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