Stop using the excuse of ‘new players are overwhelmed’.
They aren’t.
You’re adding another tier of grind to sPvP that it just doesn’t need. The best part about this game was its basis of equal footing for every player, new and old.
Please, for the love of god – scrap the skill / stat / rune / sigil unlock idea and keep it to skins and cosmetics.
All is vain.
EDIT:
Great response so far, seems quite overwhelmingly in the favour of not having these kinds of unlocks. Wonder if a dev will chime in? Hopefully they’ll re-think this like ranks.