Talk:Pawns/@comment-174.109.148.25-20130605045808/@comment-5166842-20130606201715

Here are some theories as to how the highest ranked pawns become the highest ranked pawns. In my opinion they'll usually fall into one of these categories:

1) Hacker.  Players see a Magick Knight (or whatever) pawn and rent it and contact its creator asking how they did it.  Then they tell their friends about the pawn, etc....

2) Gaming websites/stores that create pawns will get massive use from customers/members.  (They'll also get a lot of 1-star insults from angry customers.)

3) Youtube playthroughs.  Lots of viewers will rent players' pawns from walkthroughs they see.  Maybe because they're fans or maybe with the hope the player will reciprocate and use their pawn in a vid.

4) Heavy-duty traders.  Just go to some of the Ur Dragon gear pages on this site to see all the trade opportunities.  Do a couple trades and watch your pawn's ranking climb.  Build up a huge arsenal of tradeable gear and you're set.

For mid-level popular pawns, like from 100-1000 many of them are from players with multiple accounts who use their own pawns (nothing wrong with that at all, of course, why would you not want to use your own pawn?), traders, cosplay pawns, and sometimes just plain old awesome pawns.