As much as I hate to say it, I have to agree with OP.
I spent a ton or time, credits and effort getting to 50 and geared up for pvp, but the writing is on the wall: "quit while you're ahead".
You win again poorly geared players and in group setting you're not dangerous, just annoying. Truth is by the time gear gets fairly evened out to players you'll find the dmg is just plain garbage yet the penalties of being dmg only just don't make up for it. Add that the dmg is weapon based and the entire ball and chain cover (not to mention bugged as hell) system things are going to get far worse.
Further the bread and butter skills snipe hits for nothing, yet you have to enter cover and 1.5 cast, ambush is too far too long of a cast and not worth hoping it goes off b/c it's bugged.
Reactive Shot is near useless b/c the cooldown on ambush is 15s.
This leaves me having to spec into the other trees, which DOESN"T MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A SNIPER!
I'll deff make another class my main, which idk? Sorcs are a dime a dozen same for BH's (both ac's). I want to play Jug, but I hear it very painful till you're geared 50.
Sadly I'm commited to a PvE ops atm, so i still have to get on for that, but only way I'll go back to pvp is if 1) remove/scrap cover 2) add more armor pen/accuracy 3) reduce cd of ambush