bigger patches, more often?.... 6 weeks of hotfixes, that's what they did last ^^ and they need 2 months for a major content patch too, so stop complaining. That's exactly what Bioware is doing right now.
Now I know why we are missing players on the republic fraction... you guys are all QQing the forums.
You all made your decision, now stop crying and play the game because I need a healer in my flashpoint right now!
Just think about joining the republic once again. Most servers have about 100-200 republic players on higher levels. Joined the dark side myself because they got all the players.