I'd rather them leave it as is until 4.0 and revamp PvP entirely by then.

Ranks and PvP actions do not work with the Feast system. If PvP Rank is supposed to be a barrier to entry, don't let new people queue ranked. Otherwise, give everyone an even playing field and enable the full PvP kit.

The GC removal alone will help PvP queues in terms of FL. If that doesn't work nothing will outside of a new carrot (glam mount, pet).