How do you get in to this game? A pathetic plea for help.

[Besame]

RuleofThree, I just bite the bullet and get the next best gear from hunt tomes. I am 370 IL and just deal with being a little under max gear with none of the BS from dealing with savage people. If you insist on doing savage then you will have to put up with the stress of pugs unless you are lucky enough to have the static, almost unheard of, dependable group to play with. I keep busy with hunt link shell activities (our server has some nice hunt shells btw) and lorebook level mining/bot which brings in a steady flow of gil. My crafters are all leveled and well geared, I keep up with red/yellow collectable items and have an awesome medium house I like adding deco to. I try and choose my battles wisely in MMOs and high level raiding is just one I choose to avoid. I even completed the hell that is Pagos in one week and got my relic 370 bow *shudder*. To each their own