Tried the guilds, over twenty at least.

Tried GvG, tried Competition Arenas, Team Arenas, played Tombs and made it to the Hall and was cheaped out by Spirit Spam.

In fact, after the concept of runners was introduced and ruined PvE, the advent of Spirit Spam and Nature's Renewal destroyed PvP.

Yes, it was changed and prevented, but the meta-game never recovered and the copy-cat, repetitive builds have stuck.

Then again, I don't suppose you were around to suffer all that, were you?