That’s a dumb idea. Might as well just re-introduce arena teams then. I know you said it above but it’s not going to happen.
@OP I agree with everything Totemtoez said. You shouldn’t limit yourself by xp.
A short story from me: back in Cata i started playing with a resto druid (we played demo/bm/druid) who played the game for 3 month when we started with arena. So he had literally 0 xp. We went up to 2.1k without any problems. Then he quit the game for some reason…
Just recently i played with a pala who had 1800 max xp, no gear, no good corruptions and we won on 2.3k mmr.
Sure, i leveled multiple locks regardless of the alt unfriendly system in place so i could just go and play and not care about my cr because it’s my 45654611. lock but even if i didn’t have so many characters i would test people out. There are “2.7k xp” players out there who play like 1500 people because their xp is from the stone age or they bought a boost so their xp isn’t even legit. And then there are 1700 max xp people who are hidden glads in terms of skill but never got the chance because noone would play with them because of their low xp. Just give people a chance. If you tank rating it’s w/e, you will get it back if you yourself can provide the necessary skill and you eventually meet someone on your level.