God forbid we should consider rational options based on existing conditions. Let’s just say that the only two possibilities is PvEers deciding to farm bgs for mythic raid gear vs PvPers getting forced into ilvl 68 honor gear that takes months to upgrade to normal raid level. Yep, those are the only two possible options, because those are the only two gearing paths that have ever existed in this game.
And what is this “PvEers not wanting to do premade PvP”? PvEers LOVE forming premades to farm undergeared players, and especially to gank lowbies in party sync and farm those graveyards until they quit the game entirely.
Do you give yourself points for driving casuals out of the game? Do you earn a special currency from ganking level 20’s that buys you upgrades on top of your mythic raid gear?
Shadowlands is the expansion where the old-timers who are true believers will get to try all the old ideas that failed in the past, certain that if only they give people no option casuals will become obedient mythic raiders and mdi competitors.
Casuals will “adapt”. They will “step up their game”. They won’t quit like they did in cata when they hated what was done to dungeons, or in wod when they tried to remove flight and ended up admitting they’d lied to us all along, just as they did with that tall tale about “the ripcord”.