Is there a general gear progression in the game now?

[Skavian]

I'm sorry, I don't understand.

I didn't mean or say grind in any fashion - but the way I use "farm" means to do anything repeatedly in an attempt to get particular drops.

And besides that - joining into a party for stuff on Ridill seems to require you've already killed the fight, so I have the mentality that we'll be making our own static and gearing up for the fights - hence my pondering on gear that's all.

[Delsus]

I'm sorry, I don't understand.

I didn't mean or say grind in any fashion - but the way I use "farm" means to do anything repeatedly in an attempt to get particular drops.

And besides that - joining into a party for stuff on Ridill seems to require you've already killed the fight, so I have the mentality that we'll be making our own static and gearing up for the fights - hence my pondering on gear that's all.

Gear progression is pretty much get double melds > work on triple melds, and if you want to farm AV and CC you can go for darklight, GC gear is nice, and you just need to get seals to rank up, spam caravans and do GC quests and you will get enough seals for ranks.