So whose ready to remove ranks?

[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.