This is NOT bashing on you OP. I dont know how else to put it.
Look at your wording at how you evaluate this patch. "Its all cartel market based".
Yet people have been posting for over a year asking for the ability to re-customize or color thier armor, even if they have to pay for it, they WANT it. To them its FINALLY here, customization. That's what they call it. If you look at it from thier point of view its a very positive thing.
From your point of view its all cartel market stuff and therefore a bad thing. Your perpective is NOT what everyone's is.
Just because the market exists doesnt mean its a bad thing. In fact I submit its great. Even though I hadly ever buy anything from it (though I might have to after I saw the new silver-blue crystals)
Just remember, the cartel market is saved this game, ONE team works on adding stuff to it and its not pay to win (yet admittedly). Other teams are working on pvp, pve, classes, expansions, bugfixes etc. Market developement is NOT taking away much from other parts of the game.
Also if you remember that every patch isnt going to be something that you want but others may (pvpers get some maps but you're a pve-er), CM gets some stuff that you wont buy, bug fixes that dont effect you, a new dungeon that you are exceited about, then I think you'd have a much better outlook on life.