So this is my suggestion. It's tough to remove GC restriction because it involves changing lore, so here is what I think would be better.

GC promotions to be based on PVP wins from First ____ Lieutenant onwards.

Right now we can get to Second ____ (Flame, Storm, Serpent) Lieutenant. So I suggest promotions from there would require wins from PVP.

Secondly, to fix queues based on other duty roulettes. Someone who queues earlier should get into queue faster. If data center active logged on accounts is below a certain threshold 72-man immediately disabled until data center active population reaches an appropriate level.

Opinions?