The only solution is accepting ranked isn't going anywhere here, it is bound to stay marginal because the kind of people playing it will always dissuade the other 99% of the players that came to this game to have a good time. They disabled the chat and turned the PVP rotations into a 4 button mash fest in a blatant attempt to turn the pvp into some newbie friendly grounds where everybody is welcome.
They failed. And they will keep failing. No mount is going to make up for bathing in mud thorough months.