Equipment or Skills

[Aurent]

I'm a 23 monk at the moment and have completed AQ1-3.  At 21 i did a load of quest and really worked hard to make a bunch of money ended up with about 4 GP total (may not be a lot to others who know how to make money) but I spent most of it on skill upgrades assuming with the AQ quests I'll replace my bad armour.  Now that i'm 23 i have a couple of greenie rings which of course the AQ will not replace but before I blow more money on equipment I'm wondering if I'm still better off spending it on skills.  I also currently intend to complete all the AQ quests. <div></div>

[woo]

<P>i did my AQs and bought some cheap weps and just made do till 30.</P> <P> </P> <P>at 30 you can wear t4 crafted items, so i spent .. too much .. on a full set of clothes / jewelery / batons / pouch  (and they will max out at 40, when you can buy T5 which max at 50 <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> ).</P> <P>then i just do quests and replace as i go..</P> <P> </P> <P>skills -- i plan on not upgrading any skills, other than defensive stances/martial line/shouts, till im in T5 since most stuff gets replaced.  right now i have every defensive stance n martial line upgraded to adept 1, and only have 2 kicks/hits upgraded.</P>

[sglant]

I try to upgrade all skills to at least App IV.... there is a big difference between App1 and App4, and App4s are very cheap

[Wiou]

Full AQ, full pristine fashioned agate/gold bracelets, rings, earring, necklace, belt, two hex dolls that are appropriate for your level, a nice pouch and some shruikens, and you're set. All of that should cost about 3g~ish and a week or two of casual playing. <div></div>

[Kronadin]

Finish your AQ, and also look around for quests that give other rewards. Mainly the Augur quests come to mind, where you can pick from a choice of a complete jewelery set for each one you complete. You can start with the augur in TS, then the one in Nektulos, then Zek/EL. This will help you get free, but very good jewelry stuff.