115913-tank-gear-lower-levels

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Hello fellow citizens of planet Nexus!
 
Let me say that I've missed WildStar, and me and my girlfriend were here when Wildstar launched.Now that megaservers are going to be here, we've decided to come back as this will hopefully solve the population issues.
 
My brother and his girlfriend are also considering coming back, but my brother's major gripe with the game was that there was hardly any tanking gear to be found in the lower levels (1-25), so that when he was levle 20, he was still running around in level 11 tanking gear simply because he couldn't find any upgrades.
 
Has that changed recently or did Carbine do anything about that, or is my brother just being a massively picky pain in the behind?
 
 
Thanks in advance,
 
 
Salute!
 
 
 	
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			Itemization has not changed.  However, if you can find yourself a crafty crafter, you can get for pennies some custom crafted tanking kit that will serve very well.  My alt has armorsmithing up to the level to fashion his own tank kit, and my main is a weaponsmith and can trick you out nicely.	
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			Yeah, just find yourself a friendly armorsmith and they can make you tank gear for his level.  Low level stuff is pretty cheap to make.	
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			If you're dominion and on PvE, I'll be more than happy to craft a few bits of heavy armor for your brother if they're warrior or engineer.	
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Ditto, but Exile side.  Hit me up on Lament.
 
FWIW I'm an engineer and have tanked STL in my crafted blues.  Healer seemed to think survivability was A-ok, so seems like it worked!  I'm making stuff through level 25-30 right now, happy to craft tanking armor and weapons.
 
If you're looking for gear through questing, it's slim pickings - the stats are heavily oriented towards DPS rather than tanks.
 
Also, welcome back!!
 
Also also, if you're all looking for people to run mid-level content with, again - feel free to hit me up on Lament.  Got a number of folks in our guild in the mid-level range (some new folks, some just slow levelers and housing junkies), but we're always happy to bring folks along if they're willing to be patient with newcomers and rusty raiders!	
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