Quote Originally Posted by dragonflyseksparade View Post
The discussion isn't about what is needed to complete endgame content, but rather what the optimum upgrade order is, given where gear drops come from. The order you upgrade does matter when you consider that pants and weapon only drop from T5 which is going to take anyone a good amount of time/practice to win. You'd be wasting tomes if your first purchased item was something that dropped in T1 or T2.
It's a silly discussion, min/maxing in this game basically doesn't matter. Get the ilevel gear and clear content.

Food buffs and potions do more than some "optimal" gear puchasing. However, I agree pants should be early due to the difficulty in obtaining them. Despite that, the rest of the rotation completely depends on the drop RNG. Sorry to say, but that is going to jack up anyone's BIS and purchasing rotations.

I would suggest upgrading things as soon as you can not simply waiting for a drop.