As all dedicated Republic players know by now Bioware plays Empire. Free valor for Imp's, working turrets in Ilum, generally OP Impirial stats, no timer on Bounty Hunter attacks that are comparable to Trooper Mortar Volley that has a timed activation, and a resolve bar that works for Empire and is totally useless for Republic. Read the OP. Know the what they are saying, also know that what they are saying is full of **** for Rep. I'm fully geared Battlemaster and watch myself get chain stunned to death with full resolve bar. Also watch Imp's run straight through my Harpoon and Cryo without full resolve. And this is balanced how? I know these things are being addressed with 1.2 but please, I know so many that have already left because of the **** PvP offered with release that I really hope with rated WZ's coming you have done a better effort at balancing things before offering. I may sound like I'm winging and so be it, but I don't run with an Imp character I'm Rep all the way. I've got to a stage that I'm proud of my DPS Vanguard and whilst probably not the best on my PvP server I like to think I work hard ( not 1 button spamming) to get reasonable results. All I want is a reasonably level playing field before rated. ( I know Rep will always be underdog lol). Just don't make it such a grind. Luck to all and looking forward to future changes.

Good to see they finally found what the Bounty Hunters are good for. "Hey Bounty Hunter *****, you missed a spot."

Ilum broken on Swiftsure and Warzone wins still don't always count.

I don't have any issues with the concept of Ilum or the Warzones as a release offering. What I do have serious issue's with is that Warzone wins are not being credited to Daily's and Weekly's every win. They say that they had fixed it in a patch, wrong. Problem still exists and now after last patch Ilum kills are not being credited either. As a PvP'er on Republic I rely on these to try to bridge the gap in gear between us and the Imp's after their free valor run from another PvP bug. I'm in for the long haul but I do know of a number of people who have given up on this game for above mentioned reasons. This needs to be addressed properly and quickly.

This worked for me as well and now I have all world maps un-locked. Disappointing thing - no explorers title for the effort which was a little surprising, oh well least the grey hex's don't annoy me anymore

Yes, I am in the same boat. Have a full set of lvl 50 gear including implants for the sole purpose of getting the Maelstrom gear with the pvp artifact upgrades. If they're not in game yet then how long till this is fixed?