Got a couple ideas that i think would make a great addition to the game were they to be implemented in a patch or expansion. Feel free to add any ideas you may have as well.
1. Defections: I know this is the kind of feature that not everyone will agree with, but i think it's worth throwing out there considering the terrible balance in population between republic and empire.
the main reason for the imbalance seems to be that all the classes on empire are different than the ones on republic, and most people like the empire's classes more.
So when u are either light as empire, or dark as republic, and have chosen an advanced class, allow the choice to either continue the current chain, or start a defection chain, which would have a brand new story to follow for each class.
I have also noticed, as a republic player, that some of the commendation vendors sell items that have stats meant for imperial classes, such as blaster rifles with cunning, and blaster pistols with aim. these items would be put to better use by a defected imperial character, than a trooper who wants the rifle for looks and replaces the mods.
2. Social = legacy: the social point system is in terrible shape, its already a terrible grind to max it out on one character, let alone two if you make a second character.
To solve this, Social should have one of the following changes done to it:
a. you can be unoriginal and just nerf the time you need to spend grinding social points. or...
b. Allow the social rank to carry over across all characters on a server, as part of your legacy.
3. Medium and Heavy armor variants of all social outfits