I was so happy when I read that bioware had the great idea of letting players choose the way they look. Orange moddable gear is a great idea and an awesome concept...
that's until you reach lvl 50 and you are forced, as in almost every other MMO, to wear the exact same gear as anyone else, thus making the previous statement go poof. When you start getting columi gear, the item rating speaks louder than the visual looks.
I know this probably been said a thousand times already. Also I did read Bioware's reply about it. They don't want people to farm the first easy boss in every OPS, look an epic then remove the armoring on it to apply it to every piece of gear.
This probably been said a few times too, but here's my suggestion: Make every armoring piece restricted to a certain slot. For instance, you kill a boss and he drops a pair of boots. The armoring you can remove from them, can only be used on boots. And so on.
Thanks for reading this, probably been said already but I felt a bit cheated about the "look the way you like... until you reach 50"