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Terrible level 16 Ranger here - I've been killing bandits and rabid beasts in the wilds of the Karanas the past few days and doing turn ins for xp/plat. I'm hoping to ding 17 and learn dual wield tonight but have no offhand... I'm using a 10/22 dagger with a velium proc that a super nice adventurer hooked me up with but I keep reading about people that have acquired thousands of pp by this level, wtf am I doing wrong? I've got about 150pp and that's after quite a bit of slaughtering. Any suggestions for a mainhand to replace the dagger and move it to offhand, or something cheapish to buy for my offhand? It's going to be a long run to get to the commons, should I just hold off and wait until I have more plat? Thanks in advance everyone, the community here has been an amazing source of info and encouragement (except for the multitude of people telling me i'm an idiot for rolling ranger and to roll druid instead - lol)