So...1st time around in EQ was an experience and I did a lot of quests. A lot! Gear came ok, some long camps, etc.
2nd time around, I also did content and went for solid gear min/maxing every 5 levels all of the way through 120.
3rd time around is now, I am mid 70's and gear is hard to come by atm. Partly my fault. 2 Plate, 1 Leather, 3 Cloth. I cannot for the life of me, find cloth gear in the Defiant ranges. Ornate and below, no issues. Flawed and above, non-existent on my server. I know I am starting to suffer, but at what point should I stop for gear? I want to take advantage of these exp gains while we have them, but how far can I really go, before I am hurting myself? I do not want to do the TBM progression and remnant grind like I did before. While the gear was nice and upgradeable, it was horrid in the grind. Same with Gribbles. Can I go long enough for Fear Touched? Castaway farming? Did I shoot myself because of the Live server I chose thinking it would be the same as it was a few months ago economy-wise? It isn't anywhere close, as I have noticed 3 well-known guilds have all folded as people all gave up.
Since I am not power-leveling and using all 6 at once, what are reasonable stopping points for gear? I was thinking of maybe hitting HoT for Abstruse farming at 80ish. Fully gearing, then making a push for Fear Touched at 92ish I think? Then skip all of the way to Snowbound.
Thoughts?
2nd time around, I also did content and went for solid gear min/maxing every 5 levels all of the way through 120.
3rd time around is now, I am mid 70's and gear is hard to come by atm. Partly my fault. 2 Plate, 1 Leather, 3 Cloth. I cannot for the life of me, find cloth gear in the Defiant ranges. Ornate and below, no issues. Flawed and above, non-existent on my server. I know I am starting to suffer, but at what point should I stop for gear? I want to take advantage of these exp gains while we have them, but how far can I really go, before I am hurting myself? I do not want to do the TBM progression and remnant grind like I did before. While the gear was nice and upgradeable, it was horrid in the grind. Same with Gribbles. Can I go long enough for Fear Touched? Castaway farming? Did I shoot myself because of the Live server I chose thinking it would be the same as it was a few months ago economy-wise? It isn't anywhere close, as I have noticed 3 well-known guilds have all folded as people all gave up.
Since I am not power-leveling and using all 6 at once, what are reasonable stopping points for gear? I was thinking of maybe hitting HoT for Abstruse farming at 80ish. Fully gearing, then making a push for Fear Touched at 92ish I think? Then skip all of the way to Snowbound.
Thoughts?