Point in gearing up?

[kaynide]

I don't feel like that's enough of a reason in itself to put the effort into gearing up now. It's just doing work now so you can save it later, and the later option is easier.

Pretty much this; Kinda eluded to above, but the easiest option by far is just getting gear in MSQ/Early NPC vendors to get the iLVL needed for the first dungeon. This game absolutely throws gear at the player, so gear should not be a worry.

OP, your time would be better spent leveling an additional class tbh.