Fresh 50
1/Buy/use full recruit set or gears with purple lv 50 mods from daily/GTN
*You can get a quest called "New Technology" from the PVP Terminal in Combat Training area on Fleet, then turn it in(you don't need to do anything for this quest),it will reward you Recruit Mk-2 Set.

2/Do Hardmode Flashpoint(except LI HM) or story op EV/KP till you're in full columi
*I recommend you to use Black Hole coms that you get from doing weekly quests/random daily HM FP to buy BH Earpiece/Implant for the best upgrade path.

3/Do Hardmode EV/KP ,Story EC , HM LI till you're in full Rakata
*HM LI is for the Rakghoul weekly
*You can do SM TFB but it requires the full op knowing the mechanic well to do it

4/Do Hardmode EC till you get full campaign
*You should have a mix of Black hole + Rakata gear at this point

5/Terror from Beyond Hardmode
_ This one requires you to have full campaign/BH (meaning all 61 lv mods) and all your gears are augmented

6/Nightmare EC
_Same requirement as TFB HM at least ( it's best if you have a mix of Dreadguard gear(63 lv) and campaign/BH).

How to get Black Hole coms
_Rakghoul Conflicts - weekly (complete Kaon Under Siege HM and Lost Island HM)
_Corellia Black Hole weekly – 6 Black Hole commendations/ week
_Nightmare Pilgrim – World Boss on Voss
_Story mode operation through group finder - Daily (Complete KP and EV SM)
_Daily Random HM Flashpoints group finder
_Weekly quest for Denova (kill Firebrand and Stormcaller in EC SM/HM)
_Weekly quest for Asation (kill the dread guards in TFB SM/HM)
_Weekly for Hardmode operation.(first 2 bosses of KP/EV HM, also rewards 30 daily coms)
_The bosses in EC HM and TFB HM also drop BH coms.

*159 Black Hole Comms / week if you do everything.


+You can do daily/others things while queuing in group finder as it now has a return to previous location option.
+Pugging for SM+HM EV/KP is pretty easy as there're many people on fleets
+You can ask crafter to craft you 61/63 armoring/mod/enhancement if you provide them the mats/credits,some may ask for tips though.(Hint: You can get those expensive mats from our guild bank - dont take too much though)
+You can put Black Hole mods into Tioness/Columi/Rakata shells and still have the set bonus ---> equal with Campaign gear
+Just a tip, if you need help finding crafters for augments, augment kits, mods, armorings, earpieces, or implants please check out the Trading Post. There are a few people there with a certain set of skills that can help you out! If you need an earpiece you should step into my shack. (From Shy)

EV = Eternity Vault
KP = Karagga's Palace
EC = Explosive Conflict
TFB = Terror From Beyond

*When i say mods ,i mean armoring/mod/enhancement in general
Rating of mods:
56: Columi - 24
58: Rakata - 25
61: Black hole/Campaign - 26
63: Dread guard - 27

You can also see more detail at here:
http://dulfy.net/2012/11/28/swtor-dailies-and-pve-endgame-gearing-in-1-5/
http://dulfy.net/2012/04/13/dailies-and-pve-gearing-in-1-2/

There are only little changes in term of gearing since 1.2 so most of them are accurate.


New in 1.5
The campaign armoring will be sold in 1.5,this will come with set bonus + bind to slot,so if you like to customize your character's look,you should save up Black Hole coms now.
Each armoring will cost about 40 BH coms.