I honestly would not mind having either! I know the players will want to have a spacious enough arena. Then I believe the community should agree on the space. Then the wilderness mine should be bigger as normal.
I think youi guys should do the pvp area even bigger and no walls around it. Season 5 (with the Void and the Dragon) was the season with the most pvpers and people having FUN at pvp. (no pearls and u were able to get out of combat while bowboosting) The map was really big and PvP was literally full all the time. I think the biggest mistake is the Wall around PvP, the water or void was really really fun to play.
Disabling Bow Boosting Wouldn't Be Ideal. Bow Boosting was still enabled in season 2. If the map was just smaller, it wouldn't allow for people to constantly gap waste and ruin the pvp experience.