Lower the cost of War Hero and other Higher end gear.

Well, heres the problem with this. The 'first-round' of folks that did the grind had only time to sacrifice. Everyone else didnt have the gear either, as WH was so new.

The 'second-round' folks now have to contend with not only the time to get the gear (like the first folks), but they have to contend with the first-round folks that are totally decked out in augmented orange WH gear.

I wouldnt exactly call that the same thing the folks from launch had to contend with (myself included).

I took my marauder from recruit to 1300 expertise, it was difficult at the beginning since I sometimes had trouble even getting the 2.5k hit medal, and I did join some PUG ranked groups to get our asses kicked. Even though I couldn't do much damage, all my other abilities work like CC, buffs.

In the end, I felt the journey was definitely worth it since I learned how to play my class while gearing up.

No way. You're tired of grinding? I say more grind is needed for the upcoming gear.

While the price is a bit excessive to do through regular warzones I don't see a point in lowering the cost as Solo ranked (or RWZs group finder) would make it readily available to all.

I wait for solo ranked. To be honest it's the only thing i'd want now in the SWTOR. I only pvp. BUT i don't think they should award ranked comms. Also i think it should have a minimum expertise requirement to participate in one. 1000 is absolute minimum.

Fresh 50 when 1.3 hit wich was 7 odd weeks ago
took the recruit token
1 week for BM
6 weeks from there to full War Hero

Old system took me longer than that to get BM geared on first toon

Of course it should award ranked comms... it is ranked after all.

A min expertise would be nice.

You should play ranked to get a better rating (rank?) NOT for comms.

That would be a fail system as very few would actually do it.

I've done the fresh reroll and am also a casual to above casual pvper who also runs their own fulltime business and has an active social life with their longtime girlfriend, friends, family, etc. My playtime only ranges from a 1-4 hours a day. It really wasn't that difficult of a grind and I certainly took my licks for the few nights I had to wear Recruit Gear. However, the difference between you and I is that I don't think I'm entitled to the same rewards as other players who put in a greater effort.

Everyone else has earned their gear. Some of us have twice over. In many ways, it was a much harder grind before the multiple changes to accommodate the casuals (the next patch will also include further changes to help the casuals by lowering the prices on swapping mods/enhancements/etc). So stop your delusional sense of entitlement waterworks about how you should have the same rewards as another player who probably puts in twice the amount of your time and effort. It isn't anywhere close to as difficult as it used to be and coupled with the fact that Augmented BM is competitive with Augmented WH makes it far more bearable than gear gaps in the past.

Everyone else had to endure much worse gear grinds to earn what they have now. In the amount of time you're probably going to spend crying about how you expect to have all the effort every other player has put in to simply be just handed to you, you could already have an alt geared in Battlemaster and ready to go.