At least if they can be traded between toons that helps a little. But still working on my first toon, I see that the items I want require Rank 2 and a Commendation... so basically, I have to get a toon to Rank 3 first before I can buy a Rank 2 item... makes sense. >.> You should get one at Rank 2 so you can actually buy the Rank 2 item.
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Sadly things like this happen when they change shit post launch. Comendations were added in with tdb.