how do i get better gear

[eqalidan]

literally no idea, this is what I have
https://i.imgur.com/D2bXtBs.png
no idea what anything is really, or why enemies go from yellow to red on hp sometimes but other times go lose parts of the bar, honestly confusing.

[Isocyanate]

Enemies go from yellow to red on hp because you do not yet have the [Knowledge] of that enemy. You have an RNG chance to obtain knowledge after every time you kill that enemy.
To get better gear, grind (active) or afk fish/process/cook/alc(passive)

[eqalidan]

in 44 levels I have yet to find a gear drop better than what I had, is it that rare or does it only happen when you hit cap?

[Isocyanate]

There are many different gear types. Your starter green unupgraded gear can be upgraded to +5 (for armor) and +7 (for weapon). If you want other green drops like grunils, i believe they drop somewhere near helms or sausans (lvl 50-55 zone u can find on ur map). If u are looking for yellow boss gear, youll have to kill field bosses and hope you get lucky.

[Suzaku]

From my understanding, gear before level 50 can be simplified as: use whatever set has the stats you want, upgrade it all to +5, and walk your way through everything until it actually matters at level 50+.

After that, I'm honestly not sure as I'm still a fairly new player and haven't taken the time to see the post-50 gearing chart.

[Ashes]

as witch go with full grunil armor, upgrade to +5. yuria or rosar staff, steel dagger, upgrade to +7. alternatively, try to buy any of these items already enhanced to +15/DUO/TRI. it's easy to go from +15 to PRI so PRI is not ideal to buy imo. you will want at least +15 by the time you get to 52-54, otherwise sausans will be difficult.

[TKGX]

If you have silvers, go to a marketplace and buy Grunil Armor (Helmet, Chestpiece, Glove, Boots) to have a 4 piece set which gives +HP and +AP.

Then use Black Stone (Armor) tokens with the blob black dude to upgrade those Grunil Items to +5 (+5 will succeed 100%, after +5 it has a chance to fail so don't go any further).

For Rings and Earrings, buy "Bue Coral" and for Belt/Necklace get "Ancient Guardians" or any that give AP.

Any of the above if you can't afford, there is usually a lower grade item for less silver which gives slightly less stats.

The important thing to go for if you're a DPS class is +AP which is damage, and +HP +Mana if you're a caster +Damage to all creatures etc.

I recommend you do all the black blobs quests all the way until there is no more so you level up to 54-56 (the games softcap) then you'll have tons of energy and Contribution Points.

[eqalidan]

Originally posted by FearGX:

If you have silvers, go to a marketplace and buy Grunil Armor (Helmet, Chestpiece, Glove, Boots) to have a 4 piece set which gives +HP and +AP.

Then use Black Stone (Armor) tokens with the blob black dude to upgrade those Grunil Items to +5 (+5 will succeed 100%, after +5 it has a chance to fail so don't go any further).

For Rings and Earrings, buy "Bue Coral" and for Belt/Necklace get "Ancient Guardians" or any that give AP.

Any of the above if you can't afford, there is usually a lower grade item for less silver which gives slightly less stats.

The important thing to go for if you're a DPS class is +AP which is damage, and +HP +Mana if you're a caster +Damage to all creatures etc.

I recommend you do all the black blobs quests all the way until there is no more so you level up to 54-56 (the games softcap) then you'll have tons of energy and Contribution Points.

what does softcap mean? i know what it means in context of other games, but I see skills/things in my abilities window that are level 80+ but never see anything beyond level 56 mentioned. also

http://imgur.com/a/kSgII

I think that shares a set, I have no idea how skill points work in this game or if there is a finite amount of them so this is currently what my character looks like,

Also as a point of curiosity is there anything I should do before level 50? apprently i need to do a quest to unlock it or something and how much does pvp really effect me?