How are people gearing?

[Clail]

Only level 7, but i'm still wearing the starter rags and not having any luck getting drops.

I'm trying hard to avoid the whole tradeskill grind as I don't enjoy crafting in MMO's, but i'm curious to hear how others are getting seemingly full sets of armor and weapons by like level 5ish it seems?

[Lord Bullingdon]

It took me a while to start getting geared out. Around your level actually. Just keep hitting those group spots and you'll eventually start getting stuff. Just make sure your group knows and is rolling for the good items with stats and everything. Most times they'll just let you have it. That's how I got all of mine. About to complete that shroom quest for a very nice caster robe upgrade. You may know this already but check out https://shalazam.info/. It's like the #1 resource for this game right now. Just keep in mind it doesn't have everything added yet so some mobs, items, etc might be missing.

[Sairek Ceareste]

Through crafting, heh.

That said, mobs, including solo ones, can drop gear rarely. The skeletons in the area just outside town (the one to the side, not the one over the bridge that lead to the elites) you can kill easily even at the very beginning and they have a chance to drop some +1 stat gear of leather quality, or very rarely, a (not so good) shield.

Occasionally chests that spawn in specific areas randomly can contain a schematic for crafting, but the odd time they can hold a weapon in them too (no stats usually), which if you still have the starter weapon, could be an upgrade depending on your class. Found things from clubs and maces to daggers.

[tathen]

i think u can buy expensive garbage gear from a vendor..

[HardARGH]

If you're just starting out kill skeletons at night time and you'll get basic gear within minutes, it's crazy how quickly they drop t1 stuff.

[Irot Noot]

The crafted gear is where you are going to end up getting most of the things you will end up wearing.

[Elysion]

crafting is a waste of time in its current form
if you are a tank buy a set of basic t1 gear from an armorsmith to get you started it shouldnt cost more than like 30 silver for a set. anything else just group/kill stuff/buy things that people are selling. You get a lot of money after you get past level 10.
Ive leveled several characters up to at least 10 and more up to like 6 or so always doing the crafting thing in an effort to get started. Ive learned its just not worth it. Take a craft if you want to be a crafter and make/sell things to players otherwise skip it. Save your coins until they change stuff/add the missing tradeskills in, maybe take cooking its decent. Dont take alchemy unless you are a good solo class.

[Irot Noot]

Originally posted by Elysion:

crafting is a waste of time in its current form
if you are a tank buy a set of basic t1 gear from an armorsmith to get you started it shouldnt cost more than like 30 silver for a set. anything else just group/kill stuff/buy things that people are selling. You get a lot of money after you get past level 10.
Ive leveled several characters up to at least 10 and more up to like 6 or so always doing the crafting thing in an effort to get started. Ive learned its just not worth it. Take a craft if you want to be a crafter and make/sell things to players otherwise skip it. Save your coins until they change stuff/add the missing tradeskills in, maybe take cooking its decent. Dont take alchemy unless you are a good solo class.

Not worth it if you stop at lvl 10. Becomes a lot more worth it if you progress much further.

[Tanist]

For a new player, the progression that does well that I have noticed is to go to the start areas and focus on humanoid mobs (skellies, humans, etc...) as they will drop basic equipment, bags, etc...

Then, combined with some crafting focus you can shore up that gear with the first tier which is fairly easy to reach.

At the same time, human mobs (and some animal named and the like) will eventually start dropping uncommonly gear with +1 stats on it. This you mix in with your crafted gear and if you have continued your crafting, eventually you will come across schematics which will allow you to craft +stat gear in that tier.

If you balance between the world mobs, and keep your crafting up, this will progress with better gear along the way between them and specific named boss, especially in dungeons will add to this.

That is what I would say is a good progression of play to keep yourself up in gear for your content level.