The Expertise stat has to go...

the whole idea behind getting gear from daily and weekly quests is so that those people who can not or do not sit and grind are still able to compete. it takes away from those heavy grinders but at the same time makes it fair to those who have work, kids or anything else going on in their lives.
expertise also distinguishes the difference between pvp gear and raid gear.
having a stat that does nothing for a raid fight wont help them in any aspect of the game except for fighting other players so i absolutely agree with having it.
think people.
use some common sense.
its really a good stat to have.
stop nerd raging because some level 50s killed you and go level so that they dont destroy you.
once you hit level 40 it is easy to go toe to toe with a level 50 even if they are in full champion gear because the differences in stats is not that big.

It's a stupid stat, and bad for the game.

How hard is it to realize I am not talking about a simple "remove Expertise from the game" fix. I have posted this several times in this thread, but you gave me the idea to consolidate this. The "complete" fix IMO would be the following.

1. Make "Universal Stats" (Aim, Endurance, Crit, Surge, etc., any stat that works in PvP and PvE is what I will call "universal") identical for the first Tier epic PvP and PvE equipment. This means:

2. Remove Expertise as a PvP stat and make it a PvE stat. Expertise would increase your Damage, Healing Done, and Defense by X% when you are in a Flashpoint or Operation. Now apply the *new* Expertise to the first top-tier PvE gear.

This gives you the following for the top-tier PvP and PvE gear:

Tier 1 PvP Chest:
+100 Aim
+100 Endurance
+75 Crit
+25 Surge

Tier 1 PvE Chest:
+100 Aim
+100 Endurance
+75 Crit
+25 Surge
+50 *new* Expertise

Now players in the best PvP gear and the best PvE gear will have the same "Universal Stats" and thus no statistical advantage in PvP.

For the next tier, "universal stats" remain unchanged; however, the PvP gear has a new aesthetic design and the PvE gear increases its *new* Expertise stat. This means come tier 2, a tier 1 PvE/PvP geared player will have the same stats as a Tier2 PvP/PvE geared player in PvP, but PvE gear can still increase in power for Flashpoints and Operations, keeping the same exact progression model that is currently in the game for PvE.

Come on is it really that hard.

Raid gear = best at PvE raids... In other words. Raid Stat.
Raid gear has a Raid stat that does the exact same thing Expertise does in reverse. Giving Damage and Defense bonuses Vs PvE mobs.

Gear Released for New Raids... has a counter version released with the New Warzone based on the same map as the new raid.

Stats are EQUAL 100% except the raid version has X amount of the PvE Stat... making it superior for Raids... and Equal for PvP. Problem fixed.

Then if that evil raid player ques up... and he manages too kill the poor PvP player it is 100% based on skill. If he comes in and gets stomped (Which should be expected anyway if hes playing against hardcore PvP players) so be it... no gear to blame... their tears are all the more sweeter.

There ya go problem solved. Raid gear is still MUCH better for people that enjoy raiding and high end PvP content. PvP gear has Zero Disadvantage. For those of us that would rather PvP all day.

If Bio had any vision... they would have done away with the idea of a PvP stat... and designed a PvE Stat. A way to make 30 30 30 stats on both gear... with PvE raid gear that adds 10% bonuses too PvE content. That would have been the fix.... PvP stats are the completely wrong way to go about it... No NPC is going to wine that that fully geared raid group is smacking em 10% harder.

If it wasn't for that stat, then raid gear would be required for the best pvp performance, and that is completely unacceptable.

You do realize that is precisely what Expertise causes in the case of a level 50 with Expertise vs. a level 49.