Damn this really sucks ...
If you compare the level 80 gear that requires no arena ratings with the gear that requires the highest ratings, you see that the second is about a third more powerful in stats!
This means that better players aren't just better, they also get a +-50% gear stat advantage. It's good that people are being rewarded because of their effort, but 50% is just rabid in my opinion.
Another Blizzard balancing fail... This is almost as worse as introducing the 'resilience' stat after they failed to fix their "critical hit" system. :thumbdown:

[edit] When you consider that the current difference in gear (blue vs best epic pvp gear) is already 20% and imo way too much, I don't understand why they made the difference even bigger.

[edit2] And on that note: Isn't it sad that you don't have any chance in an Arena when you're wearing a full blue PvE set?