Gear advice/What to upgrade next

[joshobv]

Hey guys -

So I started on the server about a week ago and having a blast. Currently a level 15 paladin named Kildoren. I've read some pretty negative things about people's feelings towards grouping with under geared melee and paladins in general, so hopefully that's not the case, but we'll see. I'm having too much fun to reroll.

Went the completely fresh tank route, so it's been a challenge. I was always pretty good at playing the EC tunnel game so I've spent pretty much 100% of my time in EC leveling and trying to flip gear to make some plat. Once I sold enough enough HQ bear skins and various LQ/MQ skins I started taking inventory on the various deepwater/jaundiced bone/cobalt/etc gear on the vendors in EC and Freeport that sold the gear for around 350pp each and auctioned all of them at 400-500pp. When I'd get a buyer I'd just go to that vendor and purchase the gear for an easy profit.

I remember a fair amount about the game and the wiki definitely helps, but there is so much volume of gear selling in the 50pp-150pp range, I'm not sure what direction to go in. Below is my gear listing so I'm just hoping for some advice on where to go next. After buying the Orc Fang Earring I'm stone cold broke and since I've out leveled EC it's time to move on to other zones. Just want to have some kind of plan moving forward.

(Note my first priority is a 2nd ac/hp ring. Pretty unsure after that if I should just save for haste or not worry about haste as a tank right away. etc etc. )

Ears: Orc fang earring/Diamondine Earring
Face: Turquoise Eyepatch
Neck: Orc Fang Necklace
Helm: Kylong War Helm
Back: Cloak of Leaves
Belt: Silvery Girdle
Shoulders: Sebilite Scale Mantle
Arms: Barbed Armplates
Chest: Sarnak Emblazoned Tabard
Wrist: Tar goo strands
Legs: Black Ice Leggings
Hands: Iksar Scaled Gauntlets
Feet: Worked Dragonhorn Boots
Fingers: Plat Fire Wedding Ring/Jagged Band
Weapon: Nathsar Greatsword (briefly had Baton of Faith, but couldn't deal with having a pally use a 2h staff. My gear looks hideous enough but this was too much)

Thoughts about cheap upgrades? Certainly face/back/arms probably are a priority after the 2nd ac/hp ring. I also really want Sword of the Morning/Shield but just not sure I should go in that direction until I fix my armor. Also the DW paladin look has always been one of my favorite looks in the game and the main reason I rolled paladin. Should I be going after the DW gear for the raw AC or are various other stats better? When I buy gear I try to focus on hp atm if funds allow but not sure if that's correct either.

Thanks in advance.