ok so i equiped myself with all the MB+18 I could get went to the back entrance of Kaiden mines to solo....er i didnt last long

i wonder what i am doing wrong?

OK lets start with the gear issue you guys are having together with what manastones to use while leveling.

Unlike me most players are sane and dont have a full Dave set and weapon at level 30.

So here is the thing.
What do us clothies get from gear and what should you look for when buying new, cause you would li9ke them to last as long as possible.

There are two things you need to look at when buying gear.
The amount of MS slots that the item has and the the "bonus" stats on the item. If you dont know where to look for the bonus stats, let me explain. The Items all have to 2 sets of stats. From the top: Its all your normal stuff like def rating, conestration, HP etc. The there is a line on the items the stuff under that line is bnonus stats and they differ from item to item, you can have the exact same item but the bonus stats will be diff.

Now the thing your looking for are Ietms with 3 manastone slots and that has +MB on them. Those are the biggest bonusses.
As for manastones, I would sugggest useing the normal white ones. The green ones are majorly expensive and because you will be leveling out of your gear fairly quickly it realy is a waste of kinah.

Once thing you can spen some good kinah on, but not to much is your orb or spellbook, if you have some spare kinah lying around and you know what your doing when it comes to enchants (I can explain this you dont know what potting with it) you can take ur book or orb to +10, which will make a massive diff and will last you for 10-12 levels.

So yes look for the Manaslots and bonus stats and dont buy over eagerly, be patient and check the Trade Broker every so often for a nice bargain, you can alsoi start gear hunting a few levels in advance so that when you actually gain your next Armor lvl upgrade you have the items.

Hope that puts some light on the subject of armor and manastone while leveling.

PS, thank you very much for the +rep.
I realy like to help out where I can.

Sparks the best way is for me to show you.

I am logging in now. Gimme a shout on alliance chat and lets go solo some elites.

Hmm, makes sense. So I would be inclined to think that you would have a set for pre-50 and once you hit top level, you can just get your "post grinding hell set of awesomeness"

Hehe ye,

That is the general idea.
The only problem is getting that "lvl 50 set of supreme uberness"

Its gonna be an epic quest chain to get that lvl 50 daeva set.

Cant wait.