That is what me and Epix are trying to do in the HRE. We are trying to bring new players who have only experienced public events and line battles and make them into a group that is familiar with a more competitive scene in the community. I can agree with your statement of elitist hopping over to any reg that is the most stacked. Double regging or stacking yourself with mercs in any 1v1 or groupfight in my opinion kills the community. Bringing 1 merc to fill someone spot is fine or so or having someone try your reg out is fine but when your super stacking it with anyone you can find to double reg for you or merc for you then it isn't fine. I also find that the people who say oh well community is dead or who cares are typically the people who are begging to double reg or merc. The regiments that won NANWL or the other big 1v1 or group fighting leagues were not regiments that used double regging and mercs. They actually developed there own community to make it there.