Newbie Warrior Haste - Silver Chitin Hand Wraps or Save for FBSS?

[evanderheide]

Hello all,

I started my first character on P1999 a couple of weeks ago, a Troll Warrior, and have been leveling and saving money relatively quickly. For background, I'm a relatively experienced player (had a 56 Warrior on EQ Mac) and have done some research but wanted to get community input.

Should I buy SCHW at 2-2.5k AS SOON AS POSSSIBLE (probably by level 20-22) or keep saving for FBSS at 4-5k (probably by 30-32)?

I've done the math and it pretty much looks like the overall cost of filling my hands and waste slot with decent items for a 20-55 warrior are overall the same...

SCHW (2k) + TBB (3k) = 13 AC + 15 AC +3 all SVs 22% Haste for 5k
FBSS (4.5k) + Crystal Chitin Gaunts (800pp) = 20 AC 10 STR and 21% Haste for 5.3k

Really comes down to whether it's worth buying a haste item sooner (I'm lvl 16 and have already saved 400pp) or whether I should hold out WITHOUT a haste item for 10 levels to get an item that will allow for more overall AC?

For reference, my weapons are solid (using Jarsath Trident and Silken Whip).

Advice?????