can you still buy rank gear even if you de ranked??

[ggnoob]

Pvp gear vendor is always based on highest ranking achieved right? I still remember so if you ranked down you could still buy the pvp gear.
I know it does work this way in nostalrius, back in the day retail and feenix but I just wanted to re confirm.

Thanks!

[Creamsn]

Players may no longer purchase items that require a PvP rank unless they meet the rank requirement at the time of purchase. patch 1.7

[Nelythia]

Its based on highest rank achieved, since the server is basically on 1.12.1 but just releasing the content after a specific timeline with edited databases etc.

[Docholy]

So what lead to this being posted to start with?