I totally agree w/ the OP.

I don't do a whole lot of pvp, so the current ranks and gear are still something i can work towards, but I definitely agree that an opportunity was missed by not using this patch to make new gear sets (when all they did w/ the last gear set upgrade was recycle the first pvp gear).

I was really worried about going in as healer initially, and it is a shame that there are no mechanics that give healer bonuses the same way dps get bonuses. However, i did find that i was able to spend more time healing other players than myself and my co-healer. I rather enjoyed it. But then again it's completely possible i was facing off against two groups composed mostly of inexperienced players who didn't know to prioritize focusing down 1 healer at a time xD

The thing i'm most bummed about is the lack of PvP reward in the PvP roulette though. I mean that really just seems...idk... hurtful...