So the newly 50's expect to be treated like royalty because?

What's the purpose of Expertise?

You realise the stat's cancel eachother out don't you?

If two geared battlemasters fight the expertise bonus is the same as them having none at all.

Expertise exists solely to allow PvP grinders to faceroll newbies

Why do you want to be able to harass the newbloods? I have some champ gear and the difference champion alone makes against a fresh 50 is beyond a joke.

So you took advantage of the 1-49 bracket and want the same advantage in the 50's bracket.

I see now.

So now its the casuals that are getting pwned? Not my fault you have a life that is more interesting than a video game, unplug and go enjoy.

When people like me unplug we unsub and that will hurt the die hard players more than it will hurt me when the developers run out of cash.

The purpose is evident and clear, to most of us. Work=Reward, and PvP gear provides people that PvP a system of rewards and tiers that we want to achieve so that at the end of the trek we all, who have made the journey, are on equal footing and we may test our skills against one another. For those who didn't bother to do the prerequisites? It's like expecting to be promoted to CEO from the mail office, do you really expect that to happen?

Apparently, some of you do :/

The purpose is evident and clear, to most of us. Work=Reward, and PvP gear provides people that PvP a system of rewards and tiers that we want to achieve so that at the end of the trek we all, who have made the journey, are on equal footing and we may test our skills against one another. For those who didn't bother to do the prerequisites? It's like expecting to be promoted to CEO from the mail office, do you really expect that to happen?

Apparently, some of you do :/

Level 49 v49 sin, never set a foot on illum yet, about to enter 50s brackets with a huge disadvantage here because one way or the other all the time i spent and comms i litteraly wasted during the process didn't make me earn anything usefull gear wise.

I dare you 50 drama queens teeling me i'm not willing to put in the effort and deserve to get crushed soon as i come in.

Something has to be done so the whole 10-49 pvp experience doesn't turn out to be utterly worthless.

Either make the valor rank increase the commendation cap so we can start with a few more bags, either create a starter 50 gear that requires 40-50 valor to be worn.

And while we are at it, make the centurion gear actually require to be centurion, and the champ gear... to be champ.

Come on Bioware, please look at the valor system and give it some meaning, because RNG bags + meaningless valor will eventually drive people out of pre 50 pvp.
This is NO work = reward.

I'm sorry, I forgot that I'm supposed to be able to 1v8 every warzone. What the hell was I thinking?

But in all seriousness, if you equate losing warzones to a specific player being bad, then there's just no talking to you, since that is completely contrary to reality. Let's not forget the part where, as a fresh level 50 specced fully to tank, I regularly get ripped apart by geared-out level 50s in just a few seconds, rendering me effectively useless for almost any game I queue into.

My "win 3 warzones a day," between being out-geared, out-manned (I'm republic on an Empire-dominant server), and regularly screwed by the bug that doesn't recognize wins against your daily quests, it can take hours to get those wins. Hours that, frankly, I'm not really up to dedicating just to get my *** beat game-in and game-out; not because I'm that bad, but because I decided to take my time and enjoy the game on my way to level 50.

When people like me unplug we unsub and that will hurt the die hard players more than it will hurt me when the developers run out of cash.