Got to level 60 and had full pvp and pve gear. Bioware is not good at making MMO's in my opinion. Its the same grind fest that is in all other mmo's and fore the longest time Darkness Assassins were so OP it was crazy. Had the server first Black and Green lightsaber crystal during the Rakghoul event on my server.
Oh and once you hit 60 its fucking boring. Just grind dailies every day for the 60k credits you get, sell the augments and other blues, and try to get the new gear from flashpoints and ops.