Im not rank 10 on any toon, i have zero interest to "grind" an hunt for gear
SWTOR is a really really bad game to feel rewarded in for me, an i think thats the problem, you need to feel rewarded an well crates dont do it, at-least with crystals i could plod along doing *** i wanted an know i was accumulating something that ended in a guaranteed piece of gear. i could plan, i could make a route an say "right if i do this an do that then that buggers mine" thats been took away from me, now all i got is well if i do xyz it will reward pretty poor xp an i will see a bar slowly fill until its filled an then i will have a box that lets be honest will be filled with rubbish.
Cmd xp/crates dont bother me, what bothers me is my goal has been took away from me, all i can work for now is an imaginary reward not an actual reward, cmd xp/crates is actually a no bad system but only a no bad system that has to be in place on top of another system another system that allows ppl to look at it an go, "right if i do xyz i can work towards getting what i want but in meantime while doing so i have a chance to maybe get it in a crate"
Never make your game feel like it is not rewarding, it will fail