Returning Player - Where to start?

[Celien]

Hi everyone.

I am returning after a 2 year hiatus. When I left last, I sold everything on my 54 monk to twink a friend who no longer plays. As a naked monk, where should I go to start acquiring gear or making plat to buy armor? Are there any weapons I can solo to get me started again? Any advice is appreciated.

[skarlorn]

an hour or 2 in sol a you'd have enough plat to buy yourself a starter wep like staff of battle

[Argh]

Find me in EC

[Fifield]

If you dont find any weapons i have a staff of battle i can give ya.

31/37 2hand blunt
also have 2 wu's sticks but those are meh

[loramin]

If you can find someone who is working on their tailoring for the shawl quest they'll probably be happy to make you a set of Wu's for cheap/free (since they have to anyway for the skill-ups, and they were probably just going to sell the armor back to a vendor for a few plat). I certainly would have when I was at that step, but unfortunately (for you) I can no longer get tailoring skill-ups from Wu's.

Not that Wu's is amazing armor, but it beats being nekid.

[Celien]

I have been able to acquire a weapon and a few pieces of armor thanks to a generous player. It should be enough to get me back to grouping. Thanks everyone for the responses.

[Ravager]

Happily monks can still be quite effective with very little in terms of gear. Welcome back!

[Qtip]

an hour or 2 in sol a you'd have enough plat to buy yourself a starter wep like staff of battle

What he said. Sneak sell to the goblin merchant. Bring a couple gems (peridots) to buy/resell so you're not stuck with tons of copper/silver. If merchant is full with no gems, kill and wait for respawn. The ore that drops adds up quick.