I agree and believe this was one of the major reasons. SWTOR is looking to have new players subscribe to the MMO and make it easier for them to enjoy and hopefully sustain subscriptions. Providing resources to the ranked PVP community didn't fit the new direction of SWTOR comfortably enough to argue it would be a profitable endeavor to keep supporting. I think most can agree that ranked PVP was "toxic." Rank PVP is relatively small; although a loyal, community that didn't support growth. The toxicity, innate lack of community support for nobe, and general disdain for anybody to try to enter rank PVP with; may God forgive them, wrong gear on just doesn't inspire support to keep Rank PVP going. I wish rank could stay a part of the game. However, I think it is clear that it would have needed changes to the Rank PVP community as well as to the dev team supporting it. Can anybody honestly say that the Rank PVP community and the players that made it toxic could change to help make it more inviting to a new player?
