12XP Boost: Kind of Bullcrap

I'm not seeing the issue really. Use cheap orange moddable gear (either the legacy stuff you get when you start or stuff from the GTN for 500-5k creds). Save planetary comms, upgrade mods every 5-10 levels. If people are running a heroic on the planet, offer to join because you get free gear that's pretty decent, even if you're overlevel, for not much work.
For the quest rewards it was very, very rare that I picked anything that wasn't a comm, the rare cases being when the reward choice was between a single comm or a armor mod that was within 3 levels of my current level and I could put to use, or an item for my companion that I already knew from checking the GTN beforehand was relatively difficult to get.

I'd then pick up the occasional green or blue upgrade for your companion of choice to keep them relevant. Hopefully from general trash clear drops, GTN is needed. If they happen to use the same gear as you, they can use your cast-offs *cough* trooper**cough*.

Don't forget you can always go back and do the dull side quests on outleveled planets for comms(but not xp) and it'll be pretty darn quick because you massively outgear the zones.

This weekend on the Shadowlands, I've been selling lots and lots of the extra gear that my alts have accumulated. I've probably sold more stuff on the GTN this weekend than all the other previous months combined.
Very,very reasonably priced blue gear and mods to help those folks who QQ about 12XP not being perfect.
I call it my #Gear4Tears Sale!

The thing is, the bonus really helps people who already have at least 2 Act 3s done. I have about +600 presence on my level 35 toons from Legacy bonuses and so my gear deficient is made up for by my companions.

This buff really seems to favour people - like myself - who have 5 or more 55s.

I'm confused aren't there vendors that sell gear that more than good enough to beat the solo content? Rhetorical question btw

To be honest, I think some people had expectations outside of what was being offered...

This indeed works well for those who have lvl 55 alts who can fund fast leveling, or who have alts who have hit the requirements for presence boost (full boost there makes a world of difference, double that if you have Treek)

I've been using CM armor and planet comms from my 55s to stay leveled... I could use greens, but I have the comms so why not?

If I didn't? I'd probably just use the greens/blues that you can buy from various vendors in the game that have been ignored for a very long time.

Anyone else think OP is just bad?

I just played Quesh as SI same quest. Yes it was hard but as long as you use all your skills well, have a good companion that benefits from your playstyle and utilize CC it was pretty simple. I did it in all level 31 greens and I enjoyed the challenge actually...

A guildie of mine are Double Saging it. Total Blast.

My thoughts exactly the game does a good job if keeping you decently geared in greens the whole time which is enough if you're a good player to get by most content. I will admit something's like the act finalies are fairly difficult but this is an MMO so if you run into a challenge just get a friend to help you

Does BW need to retain people as hard to satisfy as the OP and his/her ilk?
I sincerely doubt it. And I would rather not game with such types, myself.

Honest question to the OP:

If you really don't have any interest in playing SWTOR but still want to see the stories, why not maybe just watch them on YouTube? You'd save yourself some money, and, evidently, a fair amount of aggravation as well.