It's not that the faction is short on the amount of players queue'ing for PvP (although is has dropped noticeably the last 2 weeks), the issue is most of them are hardcore PvE'ers/RP'ers not caring if they win or lose. Typically the Republic classes in Reg 50's are filled with Vanguard/Jugg tanks, under-geared Sentinels wearing greens, and of course the 5 Sages in group who are all spec'd DPS crying in Ops chat "no healers wth?" It's not uncommon to see Republic bads sit at the node collecting defender medals, or just going off to try and solo a node against 3-4 Imperials. Last night for example, I got one of those "special" peeps who insisted anything over 300 expertise was a waste, but to top it off he was stacking cunning on his commando "for the extra crit".