First of all I agree with almost everything you said except for the first statement. Farming for valor is pointless no matter how broken the system is. First, it is very boring. Second, you have made a goal of getting better gear as fast as you can. What happens after that? If the answer is nothing then why bother? If the answer is fight in the warzone, well why not do that all along to keep it competitive for yourself and others?

So I had heard something about chests spawning in Ilum to complete some daily and weekly quests out there and decided to go check it out. When I got to the central area where the chests spawn I found about 10-20 people all riding around in a circle trying to be the first one to catch the chest as it spawns. I was amazed at how silly this all was and that people were willing to spend their free time on this. I cannot imagine Bioware envisioned this is what pvp would turn into after rolling out the Ilum changes in 1.1. But hey to each his own. If you want to run around in a circle for fun be my guest. So next I saw some messages that the Republic had taken control of their base. My thought was i would ride down there and see if there was any fighting to be had. At first I was encouraged because I saw some others on speeders heading in the same direction. Then up ahead I see three republic players standing right before me. Someone else was just in front of me so I expected the carnage to begin. But no. Instead this player passed right by them without being attacked and veered around the corner out of sight. I hesitated for a second but thought I would go by as well and hope they did not attack. As I round the corner I see a group of empire all standing bunched up together in front of another slightly smaller group of republic. At this point it dawned on me what was going on. As I watch these players who I do not recognize with battlemaster in their title issue a coordinated assault on the Republic (some of whom also have battlemaster in their title). The Republic just stood there and died without a fight. This is sad and pathetic and demoralizing as a player. These people are going to reach battlemaster in record time, while others (who do not cheat the system) suffer against a growing number of people in battlemaster gear. Congratulations. In the process you will probably cause everyone else who enjoys pvp people to quit the game in frustration. Bioware solve this problem quickly. It is very simple. Do not give valor for kills in Ilum ever. Allow them to farm for gear with chests and kills since it is capped by the daily and weekly. Leave the valor for the warzones where you can control the rate without this blatant cheating of the system. Also look at your logs you claim to have and roll back valor gained in Ilum.