If we are talking about retail servers. Don't even bother starting from the beginning. You need at least lvl 84 300 weapon, Dynasty 60/60/60 to even be a factor in pvp. Needless to say you need at least 2 epics, to get in top clans.
Oh ye.. the game is so dead lol. That's a big no no also. I've quitted 3 moths ago. Just find a good private server and pvp like crazy
Besides the game will officially end when "***" epic update goes live. Lol no more unique classes :/
I ain't touching this game any more.. playing this **** for 6 years now lol