So whose ready to remove ranks?

[Alahra]

I do think that there needs to be an incentive to new pvpers, or we risk stagnating, and queues are already lackluster for a lot of players.

That's why I think it's so strange they didn't reset rank in some fashion, really. If this becomes a pattern, then by the end of Heavensward, we won't be talking about a 50-rank mountain: it'll be a ~75-rank one that's growing. That's incredibly unfriendly. Even if they make a point to put in starter gear, it's going to at some point feel insurmountable to anyone who hasn't kept up with the ranks.

[Wetea]

And if ranks keep growing in exp/rank as they have been, it will be something annoying like the exp it took to get 1-50 will be the exp needed to go from 50-75 or some other such nightmare.

But I could see how veteran pvpers wouldnt enjoy their hard work being removed like much of the other hardwork that HW undid rather quickly.

Not a very easy solution to find.

[Alahra]

But I could see how veteran pvpers wouldnt enjoy their hard work being removed like much of the other hardwork that HW undid rather quickly.

Unfortunately that's the nature of vertical progression games. Even the relic grind is getting a "reset." Nobody wants their hard work invalidated, but PvP is really the only aspect of the game that didn't get some form of a blank slate for the expansion, and as mentioned, eventually, it's just going to mean no one is PvPing unless they do something about it.