Haven't read all the comments, but just want to add my support to the OP. I really enjoyed 10-49 PvP, but I'm finding lvl 50 PvP to be extremely frustrating. Even with recruit gear the 50 PvP is highly imbalanced between the haves and the have nots. I literally feel bad for any team that has me on their side because my damage output is laughable.

I agree with the OP. I absolutely hated how WoW had two gear sets.

LOL. Yeah, I'm having this problem too. I can't complete the daily because it's basically impossible for my side to win with me on the team. In my current gear I really can't contribute anything except for some CC. To the earlier post claiming I'm a troll, no, I'm not trolling. I seriously had no idea that the gear gap was so huge. I never bothered to check the PvP forum because I was really enjoying the pre-50 PvP.

I'm talking about performance, not days. 5 days isn't bad at all. All I'm saying is that the gap is a little wider than I had hoped at lvl 50.

Ah, I had no idea. Guess I should pay more attention to the patch notes.

I just turned lvl 50 and I'm finding that the PvP performance gap at lvl 50 feels discouragingly steep. With quest lvl gear at 50 I can barely put a dent in most people in a warzone. If 1v1, I can manage maybe 10% damage to an opponent before getting slaughtered. That's really sad and a little discouraging. Frankly, I don't even want to set foot into a warzone with my current gear, but there's really no other way to get commendations. I know I'll eventually pick up some decent gear, and I'm more than willing to stick with it, but with the current performance gap I think BioWare might be discouraging some players from getting into PvP in the first place.