I have a closet full of armor and nothing to wear.

A little bit about what you wear in SWTOR.  Everyone starts with basic armor.  I must say as a fashionista myself the basic armor is bland and boring.  However, it's supposed to get you started.  As you complete various missions you have a chance to get better armor.

There are four types of armor, light, medium, heavy and adaptive.  The first three are pretty self explanatory, though the last one not so much.  Adaptive armor is clothes you can put things into to make your armor stronger.  Items are called modifications and consist of enhancements, armor plating and mods.  You can go to a vendor on the Republic Fleet and buy your mods for some credits.  Higher mods obviously will be more credits.

So you get to the vendor and right click on him/her and a window pops up with all this stuff.  That's when you might be thinking, "OMG what the hell do I choose."  In the words of Rapunzel, "Don't freak out."  This is where I'm going to plug a website, http://www.dulfy.net.  This site is really good at helping you find which mods you need for your class of character.  Some characters need more Mastery, some need more endurance and some might need more Accuracy.  This site has been really helpful to both me, extreme novice, and also my partner who is an experienced player.

Once you get everything you need.  You have to stick it into your various pieces of armor.  This can be time consuming if you've upgraded your mods and have to take the old ones out before putting the new ones in.  Also the good thing is you can sell back your mods to the vendor.  That way you'll get some credits towards your new mods. Make sure you take the old mods out and not just put the new ones in.  If you do this will destroy your old mods so you won't be able to sell them back.   It's like having a rebate.  Getting credits is always a good thing.

That's the basics when it comes to armor.  You should be set to go out and kick some Wampa butt.  I personally prefer to wear adaptive armor.  Next post will be about the fashion of armor.  Yes you can be in SWTOR and still look fabulous.