If you crit while crafting a purple item (but not a mod) you shall get an augment slot. If you crit while crafting a mod you shall get 2 of those mods or armor mods. If you find a dropped purple item with slots in it, it is now virtually the same as an orange item. Slotted purple armor used to not have a removable armor slot, but now they do, making them fully upgradeable like orange armor. I do not think it is possible to craft a slotted purple item (except for a single augment slot if you crit). The purple items you craft have fixed stats and are not really upgradeable. The purple items that are found in the world can have slots containing mods already in them, that can be replaced with better mods, but I believe you cannot craft a moddable purple item. Similarly the orange items that drop in the world can have mods already in place in them. But many of these orange items are currently uncraftable.

This is currently not working as stated in the patch notes. If I craft some orange junk with no mods in it, and I try to RE it, it says "This item cannot be reverse engineered". Supposedly only currently working on War Hero stuff and campaign stuff. I was hoping I could buy some Social gear and learn a schematic from it, but I cant even get mats back from my own orange creations, so am out of luck.

How many bikini type tops are there? I know of the Slave Girl top on Nar Shaddaa which takes Social Level 2, and one from the CE vendor. What other ones are out there? Do any not have an attached skirt?

Hero Engine kicks ***. This game rocks. MAkes me really sad Heroes Journey did not come out, since this game proves the engine is excellent. The OP is delusional. The lack of swimming sucks, so if that is the fault of the Hero Engine I give them that. But otherwise from what I see of SW:TOR, Hero Engine is amazing.