Well, no need to go siege and shit for GP to maintain rank. Daily Kamar/JMR/SWB is way more than enough to maintain rank and augment gear. There is IWW also. The question is that a lot of players that is not so actively palying these days cannot fuly enjoy their gear that they spent a lot of time farming, socketing etc. Removing requirement of officer 2 rank to augment is an obvious solution, because there is no way to exhcange officer gear for army gear that is not requires rank to augment. Personaly i would be very glad to exchange my officer gear for army gear if i am give stones to enchant/socket that i spent hell a lot of time farming. I really don't need that 2% difference in stats.