T6 Armor for the non-raider?

[Teaen Arcarius]

<DIV>Hey, there.  I am about to hit level 50 with my bruiser and I have been wondering what is the best armor that a non-raider can reasonably hope to attain?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Up to now, I have been going with the legendary crafted stuff for T3 thru T5, however the price jump from T5 to T6 is a little prohibitive.  For example, on Unrest, Superb pelts were around 30gp a month or two ago.  And now, as I approach 50, I take a look at Excellent Pelts and see that they are around 1pp to 1.5pp.  So, I am wondering if it is worth it to go broke buying Excellent Pelts, or are there 1-groupable named that I can camp that will drop the equivalent or better armor?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On a side note, has anyone noticed that the rare harvest prices have gone up a lot in the past couple weeks?  I could have swore that I saw Excellent Pelts for around 75gp not that long ago....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks for the help!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>T</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>EDIT:</DIV> <DIV>OK, I see some stuff in this post <A href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=7&message.id=9439&view=by_date_ascending&page=1" target=_blank>http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=7&message.id=9439&view=by_date_ascending&page=1</A>, but I have a problem:  I am the tank for my group.   I am guessing that to be able to tank the instances, I probably need to be in pretty good gear to begin with.  So....I need to get the legendary scaled stuff to able able to tank the instances where I have a chance of getting some fabled stuff, right?</DIV><p>Message Edited by Teaen Arcarius on <span class=date_text>12-29-2005</span> <span class=time_text>07:25 AM</span>

[Lorant]

Well, you CAN always harvest things yourself. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Full T6 crafted is the MINIMUM that you should be wearing.  It's easy to get, easy to get made, and you really don't have anything better to do.  Unless you're raiding, then you'll get upgrades that way. What is amazingly disappointing, is that running a group of 50's thru Nekt 2.  Getting some Legendary and Fabled pieces to drop, and they are WORSE than what everyone had <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> I'm all for letting the "casual" non-raider have some decent things, but it's a total let down to run a dungeon for hours and have some seriosuly epix fights (the [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] ravagers in the entrance are NUTS for a group of 50's). Like going on a date with a really hot chick, everything is going well, and finding out she gives terrible... yeah <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> <div></div>

[Bry]

<DIV>you will find out that in t6 the mob loot sells for alot more than t5 as well so you will be making money much quicker.  That being said, the t5 legendary stuff is not horibale in your low 50s.  With a good group wearing that you could probable tank the hiddencache, sanctuary and the dusk vault.  Just take it one slot at a time, its pretty easy to get em all filled soon enough, 7 slots is not that much.  I would bet by your mid 50s with half and half armor you could tank scorn and the next lvl of instances.</DIV>