This x1,000,000
This is exactly what is happening. I get pre-mades, go solo, doesn't matter when the Imperials have battlemaster tags and 4-5 black-red blades on their team decked in battlemaster gear. Maybe it will balance out 3-4 months from now when the republic gets closer matched when we get enough valor from losing warzones. Right now its utterly ridiculous how the Empire can just steamroll every warzone.
Ilum is making a very clear distinction which is displaying in warzones for the a faction that grossly outnumbers another faction farming 200 valor a kill in Ilum. I love this game and I don't want to quit, but this it is in a really bad shape right now. I don't think Ilum needs to be shut down, the valor bonus needs to be nerfed significantly. Instead of 180-200 valor a kill, 40-60 is better. Hell, just going 20 vs 80 for our Ilum dailies we get 20 valor a kill. Thats 600 valor, sounds great except when the other team is getting 6000 for the same 30 kills. You can forget ranked warzones being republic vs empire. It's going to be Empire vs Empire.
In case you ask, swift-sure server.