I kinda like the need to balance the choices. Take the black talon fp, for a gray character (that im doing with my new mara) i killed the captain for disobeying orders, but i think the general is worth more alive. It runs a balance of how i want that character to be, and I think an ending to reflect that would have been nice.
I do agree with you about the gear tho, anything that doesn't have a ls/ds requirement is grey, in my eyes