Returning player with a couple of questions re gear and weapon

[MistakeNot]

MistakeNot's suggestion is a very good one once you get to HW.

At 53, 56 and 59 once you're in HW you'll unlock each Hunt tier and end up being able to get 110 Centurio Seals per day, so when you get to 60 more than likely you'll be able to get a full set of 200 gear right off the bat; and each hunt (5 per tier per day) will get you a nice chunk of XP simply for killing 1,2 or 3 mobs: note that this will NOT get you a weapon sadly, SE want to make you grind for one instead of being able to 'earn' it like other gear in a non-grindy way.

It WILL actually get you an i200 weapon too.