not sure about everyone else, But I took the pvp grind of ranks for the additional traits and skills...this to me added a sense of progression in PVP, I get SE/
Dev team was to reset everything and make it as basic as it can get with pvp's own skills and such a simple UI an 8 year old can understand it.

That being said, what has taken place of these adjustments? seems they want to address some concerns but are unwilling to have a community presence in an MMO.... kinda odd.

Wouldn't it be interesting to have pvp matches setup like pve raid content? do well, get your rank, get the gear, progress to the next tier. Better you preform the faster you climb, Feast being the pinnacle of the dedicated few.... walking in decked out to the 9's... a huge understanding of different pvp strategy's that can be altered to the 8v8 or 4v4 arena. There is your E-Sport.