All PvP gear is stat-less except for the amulets. So, the gear (yes, gear, not skins) you get from the reward chests isn’t inferior to the gear you had from the start.
Your rune problem: Maybe you just didn’t notice the rune to be applied? (no insult here) Runes apply their bonuses equivalent to the number of runes you are using. The description of a rune for example says: 1. +25 precision, 2. +10% condition duration, 3. +50 precision, 4. …., 5. …, 6. … That means, for 1 rune of that type, you get +25 pecision, for 2 you get +25 precision and +10% condition duration, for 3 you get +25 precision, +10% condition duration and +50 precision and so on.
→ you need to apply (double click the rune you want to apply and then click the piece of gear) one rune to each piece of gear to get the maximum bonus. (of course you can mix runes, too) When you look at the information of your runed gear the description of the applied rune turns blue, so that you will know which stats are already applied → description completely blue: all runes applied.
Hope this helps. Btw, you can craft your own PvP gear at the Mystic PvP Forge. I’d say you google that.
