I got Treek - why do I have to level up her gear as well?

Gearing up a companion is normal - what did you really expect?

well more on whats the best way to gear her as a healer or a tank
healer---- critcal, power, surge charge, alacrity and enhancement i.e. end 37 ,power 52 ,surge 66 and so on gear ,guns sheild genortor,,
Tank------def , aboubtion , sheild , accury , and so on
the thing that i dont if one enhancements work if some are in the hand than feet or head ----- if it matters could someone so how to kit treek in at tank or healer as a level 53 gear that would massivey helpfull and less cost to gear up.
this is BWs doing that you dont even get an idear cos you dont get level 50 blue to help you gear up if you are going the right way by been given a pick on what role you wish to go to match you class skills i.e sage healer would be more likey pick a tanking treek . if a dps sage might have a more of a tanking stats, where a vangard would be healing mostly .
BW needs to show how to mod for level 53 up as a video treek for the tank , healing , adps role or tank/hear

So you though you were going to get an entire set of high-end level 55 gear PLUS the companion unlock? Yeah, that wasn't very realistic. Even HK's gear wasn't all that good for level 50. At best, you'd get Treek in all greens or blues and you'd be instantly trying to upgrade that gear anyway.

This!

I got Treek for the first time last night on my lvl 55. She came equiped with a lvl 10 orange set and a gear box, which when i opened it yielded the exact same lvl 10 orange gear set. asuming this was in error i created a ticket. I have since learned that this is working as intended as she is intended she was intended for lvl 10. Why not have the gear box conatin gear appropriate for the lvl on which you aquire Treek for that character (even with green mods) so you can start using her straight away, instead of unlocking treek, putting her to the side, and grind money/commendations/drops what have you before you can actually start to use Treek immediately if you get her after lvl 10.

You have to regear all you companions as you play, the fact you got treek at the end just highlights it.

Treek isn't a freckin endgame companion and just because YOU got her at endgame doesn't make it so even if you do buy her with credits or CC's i would be more concerned that you're a lvl 55 and don't know how to gear out a companion i don't know why you would think you needed her at 55 anyway... i have several 55's and still only got treek for a new alt i rolled... oh and i didn't have a problem gearing her.. the problem seems to be with the user not the Companion.. :P

It is a little strange, but I guess that is the only way they could ensure she'd have gear regardless of what level you got her.

If they had her have level appropriate mods, people would be summoning her when they need mods just to get her mods. It works good the way it is.

I got Kira Carsen, why do I have to level up her gear as well?

Bit of a necro, this ... but seeing as it was my original thread, I'll field this one.

Difference with Kira is that as you go along you can gear her up from quest rewards specifically designed for her. No such option for Treek.