Improving a DE SK tankyness at L60
 

Finally finished my dark elf SKs leveling on blue after years at 59. Honestly I've always struggled as a tank versus my troll/ogre pals in terms of HP... so outside of raid pixels what are the best/easiest improvers? They're still fighting in some planar pieces and dark forge for reference :D

Would be great to find another 300+ HP.

Show up to some open HoT/WToV raids and pick up some armor upgrades. Hard to know what to suggest without a Magelo profile or a better idea of your gear. You could always farm plat and buy droppable raid loot, too.

http://wiki.project1999.com/Magelo_Blue:Nareik

Grab a few people to do ww dragons or kael arena, or even just keep any eye on / all of these zones. Try get in on some HoT too.

Those 2 scout bracers, if using one hander, general shield, vindi bp/boots, guardian kozz shoulder/swc chsrdok ring 1/2, ring9

At worst an Ogre might have about 350 HP on you as a Dark Elf. It's not as big as it sounds when you're probably all buffing to around 5K life in lower-end gear with full buffs on. The large races' edge will start to decline as they start capping stamina.

For those rare few encounters you need max health you could use the 25 STA alchemy potions for an easy 125 HP. That can close some of the gap. With respect to equipment, what can you obtain and how much do you want to spend?

--Ear slots are hard to fill with very good items without spending a lot. Pearly Sarnak Bauble is nice but it isn't cheap. Black sapphire electrum or earrings of essence remain fairly standard for non-raiders.
--Neck, a +6 dragon talisman is about standard. Maybe a Collar of the Storm if you happen to go Kael faction.
--Face, figure you'll usually use either Crystal Spider Eyes/Enshrouded Veil or Eyepatch of Plunder
--Lot of helm options, too many to list. Most folks want a Crown of narandi if you have a stack of cash and don't mind no-helm look. If you want a visible helm you'll probably wind up with one of the faction quest helms.
--6/65 rings are pretty standard unless you want to spend a lot of time trying to obtain Coldain or Chardok rings.
--Bracer of Benevolence is nice if you want to spend the time, otherwise Silver Chitin will have to do. Spirit Wracked Cords are great for the wrist slot if you have lots of time.
--Not a lot of good lower-end arms. Might have to make do with Crystal Chitin. Thurgadin sleeves have no HP, but Skyshrine sleeves do.
--Blood Runed Gauntlets are good and group-obtainable (duo if you're good).
--Dragon shoulders from west wastes are your standard HP/mana shoulders. Strength of Elements is nice if you have unlimited time.
--Velious faction quest armor is pretty standard for chest/legs. Thurgadin armor is most cost-effective if you're MQ'ing. Blood Ember is a decent alternative but with weaker stats. Queen's Carapace is great for HP.
--Black Bear Pelt cloak is common, otherwise Hiero cloak is a slight upgrade for a lot more cost
--Belt is usually going to be some sort of haste item. Runebranded Girdle is the most HP of the common options but a little less haste than some of the others.
--Barbed Dragonscale Boots are cheap and high health for the slot.
--Idol of the Thorned is a good cheap range slot item. Othmir totem is more HP but dramatically more expensive.
--Ashenbone shield is a nice (typically free) item for padding HP. Can pair it with a HP-adding 1H, even a cheap one like a Lamentation since if you're grouped nobody cares how much melee damage you're doing. Odds are you're using a 2H when you want to deal damage.

That about sums up the most common HP-based options that you have a fair chance of either buying or camping yourself with no more than a group and which won't necessarily take massive amounts of time to obtain.

Danth

The big four you might shop for (besides Velious armor MQ's) is the Pearly Sarnak Bauble, Prexus Totem, Black Bear Pelt Cloak, and Chokidai Hide Pauldrons. Getting a vindi BP along with those will shore up your stamina nicely. A budget version of the Prexus totem is a Sandwich of Foulsmelling Herbs; not a bad route since you can't benefit from the wisdom.

Plenty of decent no-drops along the way. Get thurg legs via plate house grind group in Kael. Might pick up some boots of dark passage if you make your way up to the arena.

i am very disappointed that you rolled dark elf

Everyone had good suggestions.

Raid as much as you can.

Group in velious

You will be robust in no time.

Try red server.

https://wiki.project1999.com/Hammered_Golden_Loop Is probably the cheapest item with the most HP per slot. At 60 you will get over 200 HP just from wearing a pair, assuming you are not STA capped. Obviously the -AC sucks, so their mileage does vary based on the kind of content you are doing.

EDIT: Missed the part of your message where you said you are in Planar and Darkforge. Grats on getting to 60 in paper on a Dark Elf:) There are quite a few cheap HP options in that case.

https://wiki.project1999.com/Barbed_Dragonscale_Boots AC is on par with lower tier velious armor like Thurg plate, and you will get at least 60 HP, assuming no STA cap.

https://wiki.project1999.com/Silver_Chitin_Wristband The gold standard of melee bracer until you can get something like scout bracer or raid armor. 80 hp from two of them.

Quite a few good suggestions above as well, but I am assuming at the moment things like Vindi BP may be out of OP's price range or raid expectation, same with pegasus belt.