It's very peculiar some people are holding onto this rank business. It was based on a made-up algorithm from a different time period in the game, and hardly gives an adequate representation of achievements in present time. I find it humorous but also sad the amount of threads and posts about people complaining about rank issues, whether its points not being added or losing their rank altogether. Need not worry fellow adventurer, it seems most everyone still has their levels, crafts, and weapons on display for the world to see.
Judging by clicking on various active posters on the forum, I'd venture to say that at least half or more people don't even have a rank anymore, thus skewing an already plenty skewed system. I flipped through the ranks and saw that there is a whopping 1810 people still ranked, most of which just look like mules/alts used for AH transactions. ^^;
I also think it would be best if the forum did away with this point system, even if only to help ease some of these worried minds. Praise be to Altana.