PvP rank might need looking at?

[Sanghelios]

Doubt it. It rips away the reward for actually PVPing.

They only removed the restriction on the I90 gear because it's generic looking gear.

They removed the restriction because they want that newer players can catch up on pvp "endgame" easier, so they dont have to play 300 frontlines to get usefull pvp gear. And since i110 is currently the endgame pvp stuff, they will remove it on i100 for sure. On top of that, they might add rank 46-50 with new pvp gear in 2.5 anyway so that is then the reward for pvping.