Not sure if you should go with Skolver or Vog set? Try renting! Have someone in Haven rent out items at 2 CE per star per level per day. So, if you took an Jelly Shield into one level, it would cost 4 CE. If you took a Blitz Needle through all of FSC, it would cost 50 CE. The CE would be charged on purchase for the first level, so you can't just try the stuff in the ATH, and rental weapons wouldn't qualify to clear tier access.
Thoughts?
I think this sort of gets rid of the achivement you get for actually getting the item/armor, I know theres a lot of trinket/weapon slot/elevator passes and such that last a certain amount of days, but this would make being able to use higher starred items much easier and kinda gets rid of the fun of leveling up your own items and saving up for the day you can finally click transmute!