Moddable gear at 50Follow

Where can a fresh 50 get a 5-piece set of moddable gear?

The PVP sets are out because I haven't even started grinding Valor yet.

Anywhere else I can get some moddable gear to throw the daily reward mods/armors/enhancements in?

I've been meaning to ask a really basic question about gear in SWTOR and this seems like a good place as I'm approaching level 50... Is the only difference between orange and purple level gear that the purple gear comes with high level mods already slotted? Flicking through Torhead, the high level instance drops seem to have the same number of slots for enchancements as the orange level gear you could buy for commendations 30 levels ago.

Sory for the orange and purple gear descriptions but I can never remember what the in-game names are. One is artifact maybe..?

Unless the Moddable item was a critical crafting result, in which case it will have an augment slot and be superior to purple gear.

Why not just buy a set of moddable gear off the GTN in the meantime, while you accrue augmented gear for your final look style?

Unless you actually like the PVP gear look, of course. I generally hate them all.

The war hero survivor's gear doesn't look too terrible, although I'd much prefer the classic Jedi loose-fitting hooded robe for my tankassin. I'd really like to find a completed set of moddable gear that includes all 5 pieces and I also need a set of augmented gear eventually. The war hero's survivor stuff meets both criteria and is probably cheaper than buying separate moddable pieces off the GTN. I just need to grind the hell out of valor to be able to wear it.

In the meantime I'll just pick up the odd moddable piece I find and slot it into my set. I'm a hair below 18k unbuffed HP right now and haven't even run a single FP past Red Raider, so there's probably a lot of gear out there for me, I just need to start looking for it.

There should be some really really cheap oranges on the AH, considering everyone and their mom are spamming crafts to crit augmented gear. And since we are later going to be able to add augment slots ourselves, it's not a complete waste of credits.

Alternatively, check your currency tab. If you have 10-14 commendations from any planet, go check their equipment vendor. You can get some orange pieces at basically no cost if you've outgrown all their offerings anyway.

Good idea on that. I'm not too worried about weapons for my companions because of the heroic on Belsavis that rewards the moddable weapons for them. Not to mention I would have to buy mods and enhancements off the GTN because the daily quest rewards are class specific. The only thing I will need is a vibroknife for Talos, although the one he currently has is decent, IIRC.

Thanks for all the ideas, guys. Now I just need to put together a look I like and do enough dailies for 5 sets of armoring/mod/enhancments.

Since when did the mods/enhs become class specific? Last time I did the heroics (or at least the enhancement one on Ilum) I was able to slot it into my companion gear just fine.

Or is there another one I'm not thinking about because my mind is still on my Barbarian cleaving demons in twain?

Maybe it's just the armoring that is class-specific. And by class-specific, I mean I get a choice of a High endurance + willpower armoring or a high willpower + endurance armoring. The mod and enhancement I can't swear that they have willpower on them, although I seem to remember that they do.

I'm worried about getting a set of moddable gear for myself. What I'm doing is I'm grabbing augment slot gear every time I get a full set of the mods to fill them with. I'll worry about looks once I have the valor to wear the war hero gear. Granted, by then 1.3 will probably be out and adding augment slots will be pathetically easy.

As far as companions, the only ones I ever use are Talos Drellik and Ashara Zaros. Talos' gear is good enough to keep me alive tanking whatever I'm crazy enough to tank. Now that I have 2 of the lightsabers for Ashara from that one Belsavis daily she does more than good enough damage. Although I am considering grabbing mods that suit them better once my suit is filled out and finding them some cheap moddable gear.

Actually, I can craft some decent gear for Asahara and Khem and a buddy of mine is an armormech so he can craft some gear for Talos and Andronikos. Whatever I cast off will go to Xalek.