It is sad.
I dont PVP too much, only when i can maybe 1 hour a day (Rank lvl 42...some BM/Champion/Centurion gear) , after patch 1.2 it is worse, it is almost impossible.
I play mostly PuG and when my team is loosing in Alderaan like 550-500 one or two of my teammates quit...making helluva a problem.
Surely this is because of the downgrade to commendation / money, this makes me acquire gear almost impossible since the new patch
Im not saying that the patch is a ****** one or worse (nor that this makes the gap between good geared players to medium/mediocre ones bigger) , just check what you did to the casual PVPer or the one that slowly wants to improve his quality game.
My 2 cents.