I have to disagree with this sentiment pretty strongly. To say that F2Ps play at a disadvantage would be to define 20 P2Ps as the norm, and the F2P is at the disadvantage compared to that. The reality is, the F2P is the by-far-overwhelming and defining majority in the bracket, and as such the F2Ps are the norm, and the P2P 20 who does not play by the norm is the one taking the advantage. As Monkman said, this bracket ONLY exists because of the F2P accounts. Everyone in this xp-off bracket falls into one of three categories. You are either a F2P account, a P2P account respecting the bracket-defining F2Ps, or a P2P not respecting the bracket-defining F2Ps. End of story. Now, that lack of respect comes in several forms: for some, it is breaking the gear conventions to gain an unfair advantage over the bracket definers, and for others, it's rolling a 24 to gain an unfair advantage over the bracket definers. But in either case, the individual is knowingly making themselves the unfair exception, and this is disrespectful (and in some cases, deliberately harmful) to the bracket. For some people, the selfish desire to be better than everyone else supersedes the reasonable human quality of fair play. For those people, we have learned to overcome, avoid or ignore... but the fact that we have gotten good at mitigating the impact of their unfair, selfish play, does not justify their actions or make them acceptable.