Sounds like some conflicting data between going for 1hand vs 2hand. Guess ill see what's available for the cheapest.

Actually, I think when I get home tonight I'm just going to bank all my gear and do a #YOLO run to Freeport. That way if I die I don't have to worry about getting my corpse.

Another great step to get levels and starting plat is to go directly to West Karana after you are done with gnoll-fangs, and level up through your teens (if you can solo) the bandits.. I think i was like 15 or 16 when I started, there are 3 camps of them and you can prob find people to join you to duo or trio! they have a good re-spawn but most importantly drop bandit sashes.. load up your inventory and turn them into a guy at the paladin guild for a bronze wep, to sell at a merchant right next to him.. I made all my starting plat there so its doable with whatever you were able to scrape up new to the server, like cloth/leather armors!

Look for master wu's trance stick (1hb) or Wu's quivering staff (2hb) Both are fairly cheap and very effective

Well guess I am going to have to just beg for a port. I made it to highpass but there were tons of gnolls blocking the path. Ugh...

There's no conflicting data. 1-20 optimally will be one of the suggested 1H weapons and possibly a second if you can arrange it. ~100p each. However, if you get a chance to get a Wu's Quivering Staff at a good price (or as a gimmie), don't hesitate to use it before level 20.

Unless you have money for a SoS (1H) ~2.8K and one of the suggested 1HB weapons by level 20, 20-30 is prime time for Wu's Quivering Staff (2H) ~150p.

By 30, you should be able to afford either an SoS (pair with whatever your old 1H was, trade up to a Knuckle Duster, or add a second SoS), PB (2H), or IFS (2H). At that point, it becomes debatable as to what is "best", but not as to what is the most dps -- SoS x2.

I was able to finally make it to EC. I sold all my bone chips and was able to get a decent discount on Wu's Staff for 100p and someone also randomly gave me a Cane of the Tranquil. Going to use the Wu's for a bit until my 2hb skill gets caught up then I will follow your advice.

Thanks for the tips everyone.

Take the southern route and hug the zone walls: NK - SK - LR - RM - TF - IS - SoRo - Oasis - NoRo - Freeport.

At level 4 I made it twice from Erudin (accidentally hit gate in NoRo so had to run again).

ETA: Oops, I see you made it. Good job.

I had thought about that route, but I assumed high pass was better. I will keep that in mind though.

I was just lucky enough that there happened to be a high level druid in Qeynos. I wasn't going to beg a druid to come pick me up, but since he was already there . :)

Well after all that work I ended up accidentally selling the staff to a vendor and the GMs won't return it.

Guess this game isn't for me after all. Thanks everyone for the advice, don't think I'll be logging back on though.