It's why many people are going back to Leagues though... Most people who like to PvP, just want to PvP on equal ground without the investment of time.
Really, the investment of time should be more for the uber PvE stuff. And then more people are happy. Keep PvP and PvE games on a different playing fields. All PvP gear should be easy to get and and fast to get, and then let the game be about picking skills, picking the items that are easy to get, and learning to play more skillfully.
shred away...