I play on a low pop server as a republic toon. With the new changes to the reward system (got to love getting 31 comms for 6 medals) it now has become impossible to finish my battlemaster set, much less even consider getting WH gear. Sorry, I'm NOT going to pay a monthly fee just to become content for some other player, I want to be able to get something out of my play time.
To be quite honest, if I didn't pay for 6 months up front, I would have canceled today. With all the screwups and bugs with this patch, I could swear that I was still playing Star Wars Galaxies. No, I take that back... SWG had better space combat.