Improving gear drops for republics would just be stupid this game is all about rng like all other mmos when it comes to gear. My first 5 champ tokens were all relics and after that I've received 3 more. Sure it makes me a little bit sad but hey, life goes on.
And on another note. The republic side player are going up at least on my server since all the sith are fed up with only playing hutball 24/7 and my republic side stomps so hard on the sith in bg's.
Something that needs to be added tho when it comes to gear is the ability to buy BM gear for like two-three times the camp token costs off champ gear. ***** insane when you have 150+ champ tokens but only 2 bm marks like my friend has.