This is some Info I found on other guides and the internet. Hope this helps some new

[KKND]

-Where do I get level 50 HM/OP gear?-

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HM= Hard modes
OP= Operations/Raids

Tionese = T1 (Badges/Crystals from Hard Modes)
•   Tionese belt: Black Talon/The Esseles off the 1st boss
•   Tionese primary: False Emperor HK-47
•Tionese offhand: Foundry HK-47
•   Tionese implant: False Emperor Sith Entity
•   Tionese bracers: Interrogator in Directive 7

Columi = T1.5 (HM Daily/Token from end bosses of HM)
•Black Talon / The Esseles: Columi bracers
•Boarding Party / Taral V: Columi Gloves
•False Emperor: Columi Chest
•Battle of Ilum: Columi Offhand
•Directive 7: Columi Leggings
•The Foundry / Maelstrom Prison : Columi Boots
•Kaon Under Siege: Columi Head           <-- NEW

Rakata = T2 (Operation/Raid only Gear)
•   Implants: daily commendations
•   Ear: daily commendations

Iwipe's HM Flashpoint loot list can be found here
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=180395

Iwipe's Operation loot list can be found here
http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=214891

-How do I get HM commendations for gear?-

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•   The last boss of each HM drops a token for a Columi piece
•   HM bosses drop Tionese Crystals
•   HM Daily give 2 Tionese commendations and 1 Columi commendation
•   HM Weekly give 6 Tionese commendations and 2 Columi commendations
•   Rakata tokens/commendations are only from Ops/Raids

Epic sets w/bonuses can be found here
http://knotor.com/item_sets

-What gear should we have to run HM?-

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Downtime you should be run dailies for 2 implants/ear (which are Rakata  teir in stats). Also try and fill your orange gear with lvl 50-51 EPIC  armoring/enhancements/mods/barrels. This will make your gear in between  Tionese and Columi quality.
*note* If you run the dailies on both planets you can get 1 raid level epic every 5 days.

-What dailies should I be running?-

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IMP = Imperial
REP = Republic

-->    Ilum (8 Daily Commendations): To start  them, you need to finish your class quest first. Doing so will give you a  quest called FIRST STRIKE that ask you to report to the Imperial fleet  and this quest will direct you to Ilum for its quest series. The quest  series itself is fairly short but the mobs are tougher so be prepared to  spend 2-3 hrs to finish them off. Each quest will give you 3 daily  commendations and unlock daily missions on Ilum.

IMP --Ilum base--
•   A Tightened Grip - Lord Tetsu -   x1 Commendation
•   Defend the Shipment - Major Dermian - x1 Commendation
•   Operation Shatterstorm - Operative Che'nash - x1 Commendation
•   *[Heroic 2] -Poisonous Strategy - G-4T - x3 Commendation +EPIC lvl 50  enhancements

IMP --Imperial Way station--
•   Rightful Owner - Captain Barstead - x1 Commendation
•   Sabotage - Colonel Baramak - x1 Commendation
 
REP -- Republic Base Camp --
•*[Heroic 2+] - Darkness on Ilum - Master Moran - 3x Daily Commendation + Epic Level 50 Enhancement
•Pilot Down - L4-B5 - 1x Daily Commendation
•Jam the Transmissions - Agent Falcon - 1x Daily Commendation

REP -- Republic Waystation --
•Icy Destruction - Major Dumerin - 1x Daily Commendation
•A Fair Fight - General Orias - 1x Daily Commendation
•Crystal Clear Sabotage - Captain Sarmuk - 1x Daily Commendation

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-->    Belsavis (17 Daily Commendations):  Belsavis also has a bonus series that opens up. The entire bonus series  will also take about 2 hrs and will unlock daily missions on Belsavis.  Unlike the Ilum series, this bonus series do not reward bonus daily  commendations the first time around.

IMP --Imperial Domination Outpost--
•   *[Heroic 4] - Lights Out - Corporal Haddon - 3x Daily Commendations + orange   companion weapons
•   *[Heroic 4] - Old Enemies - Lord Shaar - 3x Daily Commendations + EPIC lvl 50 armoring
•   Invisible Threat - N4-71- 1x Daily Commendations
•   Unintended Consequences - Major Charkron - 1x Daily Commendation
   
IMP --Deep Launch point Transporter--
•   Reluctant Volunteers - Darth Synar - 1x Daily Commendation
•   Ancient Transmissions - AR-72 - 1x Daily Commendation
•   Found in Translation - Specialist Nattis - 1x Daily Commendation

IMP --Signal Monitoring Center--
•   Droid Malfunction - SD-9 - 1x Daily Commendation
•   *[Heroic 2] Freeing the Fallen - 3x Daily Commendations + EPIC lvl 50  mods
•The Carriers of Xenovirus Prime - 1x Daily Commendation

IMP --Tunnel north of Signal Monitoring Center--
•   Deadly Mutations - 1x Daily Commendation

REP -- Republic Wilderness Outpost--
•Restraining the Darkness - Master Korman Reyes - 1x Daily Commendation
•Strengthening the Chain - Major Harris - 1x Daily Commendation
•Emergent Medicine - Sergeant Kayen - 1x Daily Commendation (must have  completed •Restraining and Strengthening to be eligible for this quest)

REP -- Meltwater Outpost --
•*[Heroic 4] - Open Communications - Agent Hextal - 3x Daily Commendation + Orange Companion weapons
•*[Heroic 2+] - A Lesson is Learned - Doctor Everis - 3x Daily Commendation + Epic level 50 Mod

REP  -- Frozen Transport Center--
•Riot - Captain Devlin - 1x Daily Commendation
•*[Heroic 4] - Stasis Generator -Tech Station (5, 91) - 3x Daily Commendation + Epic Level 50 Armoring

REP  -- Oasis Republic Post --
•Prison Repairs - Monitoring Station Console - 1x Daily Commendation
•Sleeping Rakata - Monitoring Station Console - 1x Daily Commendation
•Unheard Frequencies - Monitoring Station Console - 1x Daily Commendation
•Containing the Beast - Holoterminal (-670, 90) - 1x Daily Commendation  (must have completed Open Communications to be eligible)

[JanuZ]

Found this site that sorts all loot from FP and Operations based on class or Instance and then normal or hardmode.

[KKND]

Found this site that sorts all loot from FP and Operations based on class or Instance and then normal or hardmode.

Aye i have posted that one also to day few min before you did:)
http://www.deadmen.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?33557-Star-Wars-The-Old-Republic-Information&p=343090#post343090

[Twyst]

Very nice find and gives me something todo other than the datacrons

[Twyst]

Question.

Is it best to save for the implants, ear piece right away or blow the early stuff on mods, enchancemets, armouring for existing oranges?

[Tanales]

I got for the cheap upgrades first and then saved up for implants and earpieces,
with the upgrades you do the dailys easier and then just do em quickly each day till you got what you want.

[KKND]

Some extra info bout the Daily's and how to get Gear..


[h=4]Daily missions (Dailies)[/h]  There are repeatable quests called dailies that can be done once per  day (reset at 7 am EST everyday). They give you a decent amount of  credits (7k to 14k per quest) and currency called Daily Commendations  that can be used to purchase Rakata level implants, earpiece, armoring  and hilt/barrel that are of tier 23 epic quality (purple).
 The Rakata stuff costs 120 daily commendations and the armoring/hilt/barrel costs 8 daily commendations each.
 There are two vendors in the Imperial Market in on the Ilum base that sells these, they are called mission support vendors.
 

      

Ilum: To start them, you need to finish your class quest first. Doing so will give you a quest called FIRST STRIKE  that ask you to report to the Imperial fleet and this quest will direct  you to Ilum for its quest series. The quest series itself is fairly  short but the mobs are tougher so be prepared to spend 2-3 hrs to finish  them off. Each quest will give you 3 daily commendations and unlock  daily missions on Ilum.
 Belsavis: Belsavis also  have a bonus series that opens up. The entire bonus series will also  take 2-3 hrs and will unlock daily missions on Belsavis. Unlike the Ilum  series, this bonus series do not reward daily commendations.
 Below is a list of all the dailies on Ilum/Belsavis.
 Ilum - 8 Daily Commendations
  - Ilum base
 

• A Tightened Grip - Lord Tetsu - x1 Commendation
• Defend the Shipment - Major Dermian - x1 Commendation
• Operation Shatterstorm - Operative Che'nash - x1 Commendation
• Poisonous Strategy (Heroic 2+) - G-4T - x3 Commendation

 - Imperial Waystation
 

• Rightful Owner - Captain Barstead - x1 Commendation
• Sabotage - Colonel Baramak - x1 Commendation

 The reward for the heroic one on Ilum is tier 22 epic (purple) level enhancements or blue class VI prototype box
 

Belsavis - 17 Daily Commendations
   - Imperial Domination Outpost
 

• [Heroic 4+] - Lights Out - Corporal Haddon - 3x Daily Commendations + orange companion weapons or blue class VI prototype box
• [Heroic 4+] - Old Enemies - Lord Shaar - 3x Daily Commendations + purple tier 22 armoring or blue class VI prototype box
• Invisible Threat - N4-71- 1x Daily Commendations
• Unintended Consequences - Major Charkron - 1x Daily Commendation

  - Deep Launchpoint Transporter
 

• Reluctant Volunteers - Darth Synar - 1x Daily Commendation
• Ancient Transmissions - AR-72 - 1x Daily Commendation
• Found in Translation - Specialist Nattis - 1x Daily Commendation

 - Signal Monitoring Center
 

• Droid Malfunction - SD-9 - 1x Daily Commendation
• [Heroic 2+] Freeing the Fallen - 3x Daily Commendations + purple tier 22 mods or blue class VI prototype box
• The Carriers of Xenovirus Prime - 1x Daily Commendation

 - Tunnel north of Signal Monitoring Center
 

• Deadly Mutations - 1x Daily Commendation

 Rewards for Heroic ones
 

         

In total you get 25 daily commendations per day. Each ear/implant  costs 120 so you will need about 5 days per piece (getting the first  piece will be faster due to the extra daily commendations from the Ilum  series).
 Here is a checklist to help you keep track of the dailies!
 PDF - Google docs
 Excel - Skydrive
  [h=4]Hardmode Flashpoints[/h] Once you get to 50 and get moderately geared from doing dailies, your  next goal should be running hardmode flashpoints. There are 6 hardmode  flashpoints available for the Empire.
 

• Black Talon
• Boarding Party
• False Emperor
• Battle of Ilum
• Directive 7
• The Foundry

These are ranked somewhat in order of increasing difficulty based on  my opinion and experience as a healer. At the time of writing, Boarding  Party last boss is very hard and not really doable if you are a fresh  50. False Emperor is quite long but most bosses are doable if you have  decent DPS. Battle of Ilum requires some gearing up and the 3rd boss can  be very tough if you group is composed of mostly melee. Directive 7 is  also pretty tough without some decent gearing up from the easier  flashpoints. The Foundry last boss is bugged but hopefully it will be  fixed next patch.
 The last boss of each flashpoint drops a token for a Columi piece.
 There are three tiers of PVE gear - Tionese, Columi and Rakata. There  are also another tier called Energized which is similar to Tionese in  quality but provides no set bonus. A good thing Bioware has implanted is  that you can mix/match pieces from any of the tiers and still fulfill  the set bonus requirement (i.e. you can have Tionese boots, Rakata  helmet, Columi legs and chest and still get the 4 set bonus).
 If you want to view the set bonus of each set of gear, check out this link here at KnoTOR
 Anyways, as I was saying, the last boss of each hardmode flashpoint  drops a token for a Columi piece. This token is specific for your class  (i.e. Sith Warrior/Jedi knight) but it is not specific for your advanced  class so you can choose at the vendor which set (i.e. heal, dps or  tanking) to buy. There is a 1/4 chance for the token dropped to be your  class.
 

• Black Talon: Columi bracers
• Boarding Party: Columi Gloves
• False Emperor: Columi Chest
• Battle of Ilum: Columi Offhand
• Directive 7: Columi Leggings
• The Foundry: Columi boots

 Some of the dungeons also have drop Tionese quality gear (not token)  so it can be harder to get the exact piece for your specific advanced  class. The ones I know off the top of my head are
 

• Tionese belt: Black Talon off the Light side/Dark side 1st boss
• Tionese primary: False Emperor HK-47
• Tionese implant: False Emperor Sith Entity
• Tionese bracers: Interrogator in Directive 7

A little trick that you might be interested in is that if you don't  kill the last boss, you can reset the instance and run it over and over  until you get bored of it. Doing it this way won't grant you any Columi  grade pieces but if you are undergeared it can be good to do it a couple  times.  Once you kill the last boss, the same flashpoint cannot be  entered again until reset (7 am EST).
 There are also dailies and weeklies you can pick up at the Imperial  Fleet (mission terminal at the Supplies area) that rewards you Tionese  and Columi commendations for completing hardmode flashpoints (1 for  daily, 3 for weekly). These commendations can be used with Tionese  crystals to purchase the specific Columi/Tionese piece you want (Tionese  gear requires both Tionese commendations + crystals while Columi ones  only require Columi commendations). Keep in mind that each piece  requires a lot of commendations, which are only rewarded from finishing  each flashpoint, completing dailies/weeklies and doing operations  (raids). Hence, this can be a very slow way to gear up.
 

• Daily give 2 Tionese commendations and 1 Columi commendation
• Weekly give 6 Tionese commendations and 2 Columi commendations

 Keep in mind that in addition to the hardmode flashpoints, there are 3  normal flashpoints for level 50s: Directive 7, Battle of Ilum, and  False Emperor. If you are struggling with Black Talon hardmode, you  might want try to do some of them first. They can provide some decent  blue quality gear.
  [h=4]PVP[/h] PVP can actually be a very fast way to gear up but it is very RNG  (random number generator) dependent. It provides Champion level PVP gear  which are just a tad below the Columi pieces in stats.
 To get the Champion level PVP gear, you need to obtain Champion Gear Bag.  There are 5 ways to obtain this: PVP dailies, PVP weekly,  PVP Ilum  dailies, PVP Ilum weeklies, and purchased with warzone commendations.  Dailies and weeklies can be picked up at the mission terminal in Combat  Training area of Imperial Fleet.
  PVP dailies and PVP Ilum dailies will grant you one bag each while  the respective weeklies will grant you 3 bags each. In addition, you can  purchase them with 800 warzone commendations. You will use 600 of the  warzone commendations to purchase 200 mercenary commendations, which can  be obtained at the vendor next to the PVP mission terminal or the  vendor at the start of each warzone. The remaining 200 warzone  commendations + the 200 mercenary commendations will allow you to  purchase a gear bag off the same vendor.
  Each champion gear bag will give you 3 Centurion commendations or  have a 1/5 chance to give you 1 Unassembled Champion token for a  specific piece for your class and 1 Centurion commendation. You can take  this Unassembled Champion token to the vendors in the PVP gear and  purchase a corresponding piece with it.
 If you get lucky with the champion gear bags, you can get a few  champion pieces relatively quickly. However, if you are unlucky, you can  turn in 10 bags before you get a single piece.
  There are also 3 tiers of PVP gear: Centurion, Champion and  Battlemaster (Battlemaster requires valor rank 60, which can be a long  grind unless you exclusively PVP).
  If you are interesting in seeing the difference between PVP and PVE gear, check out this guide here. It is specific for sith sorcs/jedi sage but it should give you a general idea of the difference between the two gear sets.
 [h=4]Operations[/h] Operations are raids in SWTOR. There are two versions (8 man and 16  man) with 3 tiers of difficulty (normal, hardmode, and nightmare).
 Lockouts are done per boss basis with the 8 man and 16 versions  sharing the same lockout and hardmode/nightmare mode sharing a lockout  (normal mode has its own lockout).
 This means if you done a boss on normal 8 man, you cannot do it on 16  man normal but you can do it on 16 man or 8 man hardmode/nightmare. If  you done a boss on 8 man hardmode, you cannot do it on 8 man nightmare  or 16 man nightmare/hardmode but you can do it on 8/16 man normal.
 Normal mode operations drop Tionese gear and Columi gear tokens in addition to crafting mats (biometric crystal alloy).
 Hardmode operations drop Columi gear and Rakata gear tokens in addition to crafting mats.
 Nightmare operations drop Rakata level gear/tokens.
 There is also a drastic difficulty difference between 8 man and 16  man operations. At least in the pre-nerf Eternity Vault (the first  operation to be released), some of the encounters are a bit overtuned  for 16 man (i.e. the number of orbs that spawn during the Soa fight) but  this is getting fixed in patch 1.1.

[smilodon]

Very comprehensive, thanks