I'm curious, where did you get the gear matching idea? And why would it matter at all... I can bypass it in 30 seconds or less. Strip naked. If that doesn't work, load up your inventory with Twill.

I've only Q'd a very few times to AV since the patch, but each time it was 2 groups Q'd at the same time and within 2 minutes we were in the same AV. The first group was primarily T5 geared players and the 2nd group was blue/green geared players, no problems getting the same AV.