Well, obviously enough players wish to opt-out of the boost, seeing how they added NPC to the Fleet(s) which deactivates the 12x boost. Just wish that item wouldn't be bound on the character on purchase, can't even mail it to an alt.
And would it be that awful if they'd send one (1) additional mail to your characters, which would contain that specific item? I'd like to level-up an trooper to get ranged DPS character, but I'd need to get access to Fleet first and can't do that at level 1.
Luckily my Jedi Guardian was already at Fleet when this event started, so I was able to purchase the item immediately.