What's the deal with orange items without stats?

Question

When comparing these two items Mantellian Smuggler's Tunic and Spec Ops Jacket, the only visible difference is 113 armor. Is it just me, or is there very little point in upgrading these, rather than just changing mods? Are they intended to act like heirlooms in WoW, or do they have level caps on mods?

Answer

Orange items are items that can be modified with various mods, like lightsaber hilts, armor, augments, crystals, etc.

The order is:

• Gray
• White
• Green
• Blue
• Purple
• Dark Blue

Note that orange is not in that list. Orange just means you can modify an item; it does not indicate a specific rarity level.

Some orange items have base stats included in them, some do not. The whole idea behind the orange items is that if find gear you like, you can keep upgrading the mods to keep upgrading your stats as you level, but allow you to keep that same armor/weapon type.

There are no level caps on mods per item, as long as you have achieved the requisite level for the mods yourself.

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