I never understood why you are given comms before 55, but not able to buy the gear, I think you should be able to buy pvp gear at any level.
Now hold on. I'll address your issues before you bring them up.
"Comms are given to us so we can convert to planet comms for pve gear!"
So the reason they five you pvp rewards for pve advancement..? More over, why are you gearing for pve if you are playing pvp?
"Comms are given to us so we can save up 100 lightsabers so we can buy gear once we hit 55."
First, that's an exploit to begin with. Second, so they already give us a terribly tedious way to have our 55 gear before we hit 55... Why not just let us buy it early instead, wouldn't that solve the issue?
"Comms are given to us to buy med packs and adrenals!"
Those are so cheap it's retarded to think that the only reason you get comms is to buy med packs and adrenals...
Go ahead and flame at me, but doing this would prevent the need for bolster at 55 and provide new 55s a way to effectively contribute to regular and ranked warzones, as well as increase the pool of people who aren't afraid to Q ranked.