lol at "fair" & "even" terms. You grind to rise in level, you grind to get BiS. Giving people stats that you earned makes the whole time and effort pointless. Bolster was meant to make lowbies competitive ENOUGH to hang in the larger pools of WZ levels. Ideally WZ would be grouped tighter 10-20, 30-40, etc. Obviously you'd never get a Que pop. And if the 2.0 Bolster gives PvE gear equal/better expertise in WZ , then PvP gear in PvE should give a main stat "bolster".
All I can say is the main reason I quit WOW was the way they handed out everything i spent years getting. I'm already getting that vibe in SWTOR.