And if your Empire, head into the Thul Palace. Its in one of the sides I believe to the right thats marked Serjay Thul's stateroom. If there is a quest prior to point you there, I don't know. Found it while wandering to find the start of the series.

Then you do something like I do, mix and match a set of orange gear you like. Then mod it to how you want. Simple as that. Whether or not this may be the best solution to all, its a viable one when you learn the mod system right.

Same issue has been happening to me as well starting today. Tried everything from abanding mission to resetting instances (though no confirmation if any suppose to be given). Even completely quit and started the game up again. All I ask for is a solution telling me and anyone else with this problem what exactly is going on.