You were lucky then.yeah that tends to happen alot and it sucks. I never had to experience that because i played when the game first came out in beta so everybody was still new to the game.
I started out 2 years ago but quit 6 months after.
I went through the process but I kept going because I wanted to play with my friends.
However, in the end it isn't a game for me. I never really did much PvP besides FPS games.