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

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

This is my story, in a nice list format.

1. Hit level 50, start grinding for Centurion/Champion tier.
2. By the time I hit Valor 60, I had a ful Champion set.
3. Worked on Battlemaster set, and then got another set since it was announced that without the original mods, you wouldnt get the expertise upgrade in 1.2.
4. Got a full Battlemaster set, I think I was 74, so I grinded my way up to Valor 80 Conqueror cause I was still having fun.
5. War Hero is released, and it's an even longer grind than Battlemaster was. And the pride of having Battlemaster is null and void, since now Battlemaster is easy as hell to get, with like 12,000 WZ comms total.
6. Start grinding War Hero gear, and realize it will become just as cheap and easy to get as Battlemaster, once Champion War Hero is released.
7. Took a break and came back two months later.
8. Noticed all of the glaring and boring flaws of having a gear grind, stun fest PvP game.

^This guy gets it.

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....

...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...

No way. Work for it. People that endure the grind; Reap the rewards.

I have 3500 Ranked WZ comms and 2000 WZ comms in the bank, and today I dinged level 49 (49 Valor) on my Sentinel. Going to start building up my credit pool to buy my augmentations.

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FYI, I have been playing since launch, have characters in full war hero and characters in recruit. The entry level gear gap is stupid and unfun for people trying to break into level 50 pvp (who spent the leveling process actually questing and not grinding comms). Read what you are quoting and think before making unfounded assumptions next time you post.

Failed how? Because so little people are doing team ranked? Getting 8 people in full wh/augmented gear is not easy not to mention all having the right roles/classes (must/should be op classes ofc). Playing all day and losing to the same "enemy" team is no fun at all. But solo ranked should be easier. No premades sound awsome to me. Some people actually like competition. There should be a ladder anyway. Just like in starcraft/warcraft games.

The gear gap of what? The whole week it would take casual pvper to get a set of Battlemaster and augment it out? My heart bleeds.

If you didn't pvp with a lower level character and just PvE'd your way to 50 and now expect to hop right into level 50 warzones, then it just sucks to be you. Really, the options are there. If you did not take advantage of them, that's just tough. Bioware even took the steps to rework the rewards for the lower level PvP system so that you can get your Warhero Weapon and Battlemaster Offhand, should you be a duel weilding class, IMMEDIATELY upon hitting 50 if you merely just played lower tier pvp even casually while leveling.

When the new gear comes out, they will wait a patch and make today's Battlemaster the equivalent of War Hero. Until then, I hope your local convenience store is in walking distance so you don't blow all your gas money on kleenex runs.