When should I start worrying about gear?

[Lillia]

Quests and FATEs haven't been a problem (except for the occasional, "whoops, that was a really bad idea!").

I am almost ready for the first dungeon, so where's the best place to get gear, NPC's, AH? I already did the main quests on my Conjurer up thru like L16, so that's not an option.

You can basically get gear from your gld quest line and try to update some pieces from the npc or market place, it doesn't have to be top notch gear seeing it'd be replaced somewhere along the line anyways but least as close to the level as possible.

if you wanna avoid buying it, you can try to take up crafting or ask a crafting bud if you got one to help out and make some gear. :x