Form what I can see so far. Gearing up will take a good amount of time. I'm okay with that as you will only need to make 3 sets of gear, dps, tank, and healer. I don't like that the gear has fixed stats. An idea to address this would be to add a modification Vendor for Conquest, PVP , Flashpoints, and OPS that get unlock like the Implant vendor.
Ideas for quest
Conquest Vendor quest -complete 200 points worth of stuff. Unlocks 326 purple modification
Flashpoints Vendor quest- complete 25 flashpoints in groupfinder . Unlocks 328 gold modification
PvP Vendor quest- complete 30 Warzones ( wins count as 2) Unlocks 328 gold modification
Ops Vendor, quest 1 - complete 10 storymode Ops weekly .Unlocks 330 gold modification
, quest 2- complete 10 Veteran mode ops weekly. Unlocks 332 gold modification
But please go back to having just the 3 types of mods (A,B, and unlettered) and 3 types of each enhancement.
Their cost would be a mix of the coms, credits, and mats for that vendor.