I actually do have arugment, sailor.
You get 3 centurion commendations if you get no unassembled champ gear, so if you do get unassembled champ, you get 1 centurion commendation.
Now imagine opening 30 bags, and getting the same champ relics and implants over and over. 30 bags later, which is about a week of dailies plus the two weeklies, you still can't afford a main piece of centurion gear. A tier set which is barely better than an orange with level 50 mods in it. This happens to me and my guildies, we're lucky to get one centurion piece a week from the flood of implants and relics that drop.
If you find this acceptable, by all means, keep defending it.