It's not a serious issue. The lack of population on some servers is a serious issue. The time it takes for updates and new content to appear is a serious issue. Endgame armour designs that look like a 12 year old came up with them are a serious issue. These are what will drive people away, not taking slightly less time to form a group. You may notice that it would be faster to begin with, but in the end it will still take over an hour because people have left for other reasons.

To be honest, I'd be just as happy with something that resembles Luke's outfit from episode 6. And much less things with capes. The Starkiller outfit is a good shout, to.

The Trooper pvp helm looks like this face and the Knight helm looks like this face