While this is true, playing through blue is, I think, a much different experience without all those supports. Yes, you get the "trickle down" of the greater community which is farming cheap items all the livelong day, but if you do not have a lot of high level friends the struggle is still real. My warrior didn't replace any of his bought rawhide gear or his long sword until he managed to fumble his way to Highpass around level 13 (at which point, the upgrade was a PGT that dropped in zone while I was killing gnolls with my friends, and large ringmail drops off of the gnolls).

But yeah, if you have got the dough to fungi/tstaff everything with your iksar monk twink I am sure it is a lot different. I've just never had the opportunity to do that.

My jollies come from managing to scrape together 8k to buy my first-ever fbss. That was a watershed day for me.

So I've reached 30s and am still having a blast. Mistmoore has been great and group'age abounds. Certainly isn't crowded, but not difficult to pull together a party either ^^ I suppose the most unclassified aspect of this is that there is absolutely no hybrid hate or class discrimination due to the decidedly unclassic xp bonus for groups.

I've amassed a couple hundred plat and am saving for a weapon. Currently rocking cloth and a few derv bands ^^ many of the other players that I encounter are rocking similar setups ^^ tackling classic content in classic gear.

Looking forward to guk ^^