Just makes me wonder if they had been calling Champion Points "Veteran Points" instead, if you'd still have these complaints about VR. Because, as you said, all it is is repackaging the same concept.
Maybe thats true for you but I for myself think that Veteran Zones are a stupid, boring grindfest. And the higher you get the more the game likes to smack you in the face.
Everyone enjoyed the leveling process from 1-50, but when they got to veteran rank something changed in their mind set. They thought that they should be done and max level right then and there. They d
disappointed with them declaring the removal of veteran ranks without really scoping out how the community feels about it first. Those who got VR16 should get some kind of special mount or costumes