I never played SWG so I cant comment on it. But IMHO I think Vanguard and Eve Online are the best crafting systems. Vanguard for it's complexity and making crafting something you work at like if you were a fighter trying to increase your fighting skill. Eve Online due to the economy being complete depended on player crafters. If you want a ship that is not one of the few NPC made ones then it has to be made by players. SWTOR crafting is not as complex as those but it's not bad pre lvl 49 gear. The major problem I see with the crafting system is that once you can make lvl 50 gear you are done. But there is still gear better in game than you can get. Like the lvl 51, 56, and 58 pvp gear. Personally I think all gear/weapons past 50 should have been craftable and modifiable only! This would create a better economy and make crafting at 50 worth it. Yes, there are other things wrong with crafting in SWTOR but I think this is the biggest issue.

I agree with you completely! Why do people need rewards to fight each other in an MMO? The fight itself is the reward.

Stop playing Warzones and do world pvp.