RUN and GEO: The Old Gear Renaissance?

[MiriOhki]

Well, They do get the Mercenary and Windurst/Federation Swords. That should at least take you some good distance. Can also use the Sandy Vest set. If you've got the CP (Or wanna build it up real quick via the Waypoint quests),you can at least get those fairly quick.

Edit: And after looking, yes, they do get access to the Centurion's armor. So if you've got the CP for it, a starter RUN would be in semi-decent shape.

[Horadrim]

Well, They do get the Mercenary and Windurst/Federation Swords. That should at least take you some good distance. Can also use the Sandy Vest set. If you've got the CP (Or wanna build it up real quick via the Waypoint quests),you can at least get those fairly quick.

Edit: And after looking, yes, they do get access to the Centurion's armor. So if you've got the CP for it, a starter RUN would be in semi-decent shape.

I mean.... what do you want? Super heavily stat'd stuff or just basic stuff to wear?

There are NPC's that sell gear around every 10 levels, but if you want stuff with tons of stat boosts you'll definitely have to camp your own NMs or hunt. Frankly I'd rather book burn/FC a job to cap these days, then spend days working on my skills. I'm not the type to take a job to events when its underskilled and useless, so I don't have a problem with getting the restrictive part (leveling) out of the way asap.