Guide was written by Fantine of the Alpha Strike Force SWToR Guild Part Two can be found here 1e1p4j
As with most games, reaching clear up some of the confusion.
Trading Up to Tionese
Shortly after Group Finder (referred often as lfg) and provide them with starting gear. Upon completion they’ll receive the final commendation and be able to complete their first set.
While Tionese is definitely the lowest of gear level of 54 in this game.
Collecting Columi
Once a character is fully equipped in tionese gear it’s time to start looking at the available for purchase at the same set of vendors as Tionese and you will find one set for each class. Columi gear can be purchased by either by trading in a certain amount of Columi Commendations or a specific columi token.
Columi commendations are earned a number of different ways. First, there are a few quests which Eternity Vault and Kagara’s Palace) will drop them. The one exception is the main hand weapon for each class which must be purchased using a token.
The other method is to earn a Columi Token. Tokens drop off Tier One Operation bosses as well as the final boss in each hard mode flashpoint. Columi tokens are very specific to both slot and class when they drop. For example, a token may drop for the Trooper’s Gloves and then another for the Knight’s Headpiece. Which slot is dropped is always specific to the boss, but the class will vary based on the makeup of the group so you will always have a chance of your class specific token (winning the loot roll is another story).
An important note on columi is that each armoring from the chest and place it in a head piece, but does mean that you could place a different armoring in that chest and still gain the set bonus. The exception to this rule is the off hand token item which is not slot specific.
Generally the best way to gain this level of gear is to do your Tier One Hard Mode Flashpoints in conjunction with quests and / or Tier One Operations. Hopefully you’ll gain several tokens to trade in as well as commendations to purchase the missing pieces. Columi armoring is rated at level 56.
End of Part 1 (second part will be available soon!)
