Three tiers of Level 50 PVE gear appeared in the 11/26 patch: Tionese, Columi, and Rakata. Darth Hater spent some time poking around in-game and analyzing client data to attempt to determine how one could acquire some of the highest item level gear sets. All items included two- and four-piece set bonuses that curiously displayed only when the item is equipped; these set bonuses were mainly buffs to existing abilities and not unique to a particular tier.

So far, set names remain consistent to combat role through item progression, and carry a unified look throughout so you dont look mismatched or out of place. Armor set names were the same for both factions, and we do provide some low-res preview images of both the Imperial and Republic versions of the sets on each class pairing page. It is confirmed that the Republic versions of the armor sets look different, and keep in mind Imperial Agents use knives while Smugglers use shotguns.

We would like share what we found, and encourage comments if you believe anything is inaccurate or have any additions, as were happy to credit you for any legitimate finds.

One thing we noticed about purchasing end-game PvE items is that the off-hand weapon cost is less than the main hand cost. Dual wield classes can potentially pull the off-hand mods out and place them in their main hand weapon, and avoid purchasing the main hand weapon entirely to save up for a different piece. Bracers, belts, relics, ear pieces, and implants are missing from the vendor set, and may be acquired elsewhere along with schematics bearing the Tionese rank.

In addition to hard mode Flashpoints, we confirmed the normal difficulty mode of Eternity Vault yielded the necessary items to purchase Tionese gear:

Off-hand items: 24 Tionese Commendation & 37 Tionese Crystals
Boots & gloves: 32 Tionese Commendation & 51 Tionese Crystals
Chest, helm & legs: 39 Tionese Commendation & 62 Tionese Crystals
Main hand weapons: 72 Tionese Commendation & 113 Tionese Crystals

The next tier of gear is Columi, as the pieces bear higher item levels than Tionese and although guilds reported they acquired them from Karaggas Palace normal mode, the datamined tooltips say they are from hard mode and nightmare mode Ops. Intended or not, we also had Columi items appear in PvP reward boxes. Columi gear is vendor purchasable via Columi Commendations or dropped item tokens containing the unassembled Columi prefix. Off-hand or main hand weapons, bracers, belt, ear pieces, and implants are not purchasable using Columi commendations.

Columi Vendor costs:

Boots & gloves: 56 Columi Commendation
Chest, helm & legs: 67 Columi Commendation

The highest tier is Rakata, and both helms and schematics dropped from hard mode Karaggas Palace. All armor set pieces and weapons that were purchasable from vendors required a token turn in and not commendations. Rakata level implants and ear pieces are vendor purchasable for 120 commendations, which come from Ilum daily quests and turn-ins.

Rakata Vendor cost:

Token turn-in only: Unassembled Rakata

Trooper / Bounty Hunter

Combat Medic: Tionese | Columi | Rakata

Trooper

Bounty Hunter

Combat Tech: Tionese | Columi | Rakata

Trooper

Bounty Hunter

Eliminator: Tionese | Columi | Rakata

Trooper

Bounty Hunter

Supercommando: Tionese | Columi | Rakata

Trooper

Bounty Hunter

Main Hand Weapons
Tionese: The Glowing Gun | Fast Credits | Professional's Choice
Columi: Colicoid Prototype "Venom" | Early Retirement | Fury-7 Prototype Blaster
Rakata: Precision Strike | Quiet | The Lesser's Legacy

Off-Hands
Tionese: The Equalizer | Cyberlink Freefire
Columi: Davik Kang's Sidearm | Neo-Crusader's Notchcutter
Rakata: Overkill | Peace

Schematics
Tionese Combat Medic | Columi Combat Medic | Rakata Combat Medic | Tionese Eliminator | Columi Eliminator | Rakata Eliminator | Tionese Supercommando | Columi Supercommando | Rakata Supercommando

Smuggler / Imperial Agent

Enforcer: Tionese | Columi | Rakata

Smuggler

Imperial Agent

Field Medic: Tionese | Columi | Rakata

Smuggler

Imperial Agent

Field Tech: Tionese | Columi | Rakata

Smuggler

Imperial Agent

Main Hand Weapons
Tionese: Lightlance Rifle | Longshot | The Unslung Hero
Columi: No Regret | Shadow Fist Assault Rifle | The Linecutter
Rakata: Project STORM Rifle | Scorekeeper | The Headhunter

Off-Hands
Tionese: Cipher Twenty's Energy Blade | Edge
Columi: The Cloaked Eliminator | Project Claw
Rakata: Ghost | Ripper Nine

Schematics
Tionese Enforcer | Columi Enforcer | Rakata Enforcer | Tionese Field Medic | Columi Field Medic | Rakata Field Medic

Jedi Consular / Sith Inquisitor

Force-Master: Tionese | Columi | Rakata

Jedi Consular

Sith Inquisitor

Force-Mystic: Tionese | Columi | Rakata

Jedi Consular

Sith Inquisitor

Stalker: Tionese | Columi | Rakata

Jedi Consular

Sith Inquisitor

Survivor: Tionese | Columi | Rakata

Jedi Consular

Sith Inquisitor

Main Hand Weapons
Tionese: Darth Bandon's Double-Bladed Lightsaber | Last Bastion | Temptation
Columi: Draays Legacy | Terentateks Bane | The Shadowsaber
Rakata: Blood of Korriban | Echo of XoXaan | Exar Kun's Double-Bladed Lightsaber

Schematics
Tionese Force-Master | Columi Force-Master | Rakata Force-Master | Tionese Stalker| Columi Stalker | Rakata Stalker | Tionese Survivor | Columi Survivor | Rakata Survivor

Jedi Knight / Sith Warrior

Vindicator: Tionese | Columi | Rakata

Jedi Knight

Sith Warrior

War Leader: Tionese | Columi | Rakata

Jedi Knight

Sith Warrior

Weaponmaster: Tionese | Columi | Rakata

Jedi Knight

Sith Warrior

Main Hand Weapons
Tionese: Hatred | Justice | Qel-Droma Ancestral Blade
Columi: Punisher | Soresus Razor
Rakata: Darth Sion's Lightsaber | The Indomitable | The Heart of Ragnos |Battlemaster's Striker

Off-Hands
Tionese: Fear | Mercy
Columi: The Fall of Atris | Redeemer
Rakata: The Oath of Ragnos | Battlemaster's Guard

Schematics
Rakata Vindicator | Tionese War Leader | Columi War Leader | Rakata War Leader |Tionese Weaponmaster | Rakata Weaponmaster