To anyone complaining that the GS system is forcing them to play parts of the game they don't want to play:
The GS is structured so that it can be completed by acquiring 5 GS levels per week (5 levels x 20 weeks = 100 levels). Oh, and: 5 months x 4 weeks per month = 20 weeks.
If you're getting more than 5 GS levels per week, you're doing more than you need to.
If you're getting more than 5 GS levels per week and you're playing parts of the game you don't want to, then chances are YOU'RE the one forcing you to play what you don't want to play.
I don't do flashpoints, operations, warzones or GSF - which means I never do weekly POs. I log in every day and do 1 or 2 dailies that fall within my comfort zone and I'm still getting more than 5 levels per week. The only part of the game I've played doing this that I don't normally do has been Section X, Black Hole, and CZ-198 dailies - which, although unfamiliar, haven't been painful for me. I feel content.