I know your pain Tonto, and fully expect that when I am able to play more regularly I will find I am having the same issues, however as has been said by others I think the key is to team up ftw, and join bigger higher end groups as a leech for gear, many of the more skilled KGB have often said in vent that they have more then enough junk or lower end gear to spare, it's usually the gold, matierials, and high end gear they want anyhow.

I am Wrath, I am Steel, I am the Mercy of Angels.
mors est merces mea – death is my reward
morte in vitam non habet tenaci - Death has no grip on Life.
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