fresh warrior gear question

[Twelveguage]

hello all, i recently started playing on proj99, really enjoying it so far, but havent gotten a char above 13 yet. While I was trying out classes then I decided to make a wood elf warrior, like the elves and tanking has always been my thing. My question is about the gear, then I have been reading that a set of banded will set someone up pretty good and maybe obsidian shards 16+, what should i be using before I can get these though? just try for random starter mob drops and save up cash or what?