Not sure where to start gearing.

[JonBigwood]

Hi, the best places for fresh level 50 would be Low Level and Story Roulette, people shouldn't complain about your gear there, people who have not yet completed the story line can't be expected to be overgeared. Try to get the best gear you can afford. HQ wolf accesories are not expensive and are ilvl 55 and have good main stats.

The weapon is very important, I suppose you have at least ilvl 55 Grand Company or Darklight weapon. If not, I would become a Second Lieutenant and do Aurum Vale, it's not that hard and it's best to be second lieutenant in case in the future more ranks appear. Take a look if there are affordable HQ ilvl 55 gear if you need it.

When you have access, CT is a good place, it has good drops and gives many tomes. Don't become main tank for the dragon and go to a tower on Behemoth until you are confident. In CT you may be lucky or it may be chaos, depending on the group and the ability to communicate and coordinate.

WP, once you know the place, is also a good place to get gear (farm tomes, not drops). CT may take 1 hour, WP maybe 30 min in a non quick group. I have met many fresh 50 tanks or other jobs there, usually no big problems (before patch 2.2). Now there are other better ways to get myth tomes, people farm soldiery tomes first too, it may be that you don't meet that many overgeared people there and it is not as easy as it used to be. The incentive to farm myth tomes probably will make overgeared people do the roulettes too, so it may not be so different.