So, gearing path?

[Rbstr]

The priority is going to depend a decent amount on what you might get for drops in savage.

The #1 thing to do is make sure you have enough Creation to get your weapon when you get enough of the V4.0 normal-mode drop.
After that:
Technically the Belt is the most efficient piece to get for stats, followed by shirt/pants then hat/gloves/shoes. Accessories are dead last.
The other thing to take into account is that it's much harder to get the chest/legs than the hands/feet since they drop from the later trials. That means you get more mileage out of buying the chest/legs with tomes, even if you replace them (unless you're in a hardcore group clearing those stages already).

I'm favoring tenacity for now so this will be my buy order for armor:
#0 Ring (I didn't like having a dungeon ring, plus it's needed anyway...this is not the more efficient use of tomes)
#1 Chest
#2 Hat
After that only drops have tenacity so these all could be replaced, or not even bought if I get the drop first
#3 Legs
#4a Feet, probably, since they don't have ten. on either option.
#4b hands if I don't have them by now
#5 earrings, necklace - depending on which is currently the lowest ilvl.

With raid tokens my priority is:
V1.0 - belt, ring, bracelet
V2.0 - hands, feet, hat