Gimmik builds are usually just used to get to Hall of Heroes since Guild Battles add in another dimension to the game with npcs and the such, but they really do ruin the game since most PUGs would only run the gimmik build of that time. If you don't have the right skills or character and is not a hardcore gamer with like rank 4 or 5, it would be near impossible to find a decent PUG. I remember all of gimmiks at the game's start. It was first just spiking with lightning eles, then e/mo smiters with ether renewal + zealots fire + draw conditions, rangers spikers with either quickshot + quickening zephry + tigers fury or punishing shot, then towards the end of my playing of guild wars, FRICKING IWAY TEAMS that would get owned easily by any decent team with a brain.