Sk armor question
 

So I’m now almost at lvl 40 and was wondering if I should switch from a crusty set to a darkforge set which also happens to be needed for future epic attempt.. any thoughts?

I don't recommend that. Darkforge is not an upgrade over Crustacean. Many pieces of the latter set are clearly superior to the former, and none are worse than about even. You do not strictly require Darkforge to complete the epic quest, either, so it's optional in that respect. When you eventually upgrade your primary-use armor, you'll look for items with much higher armor rating than either of those sets offer. Typically tanks in the 50's can expect to wind up in mix-and-match equipment, although a minority (those with good funding behind them) jump directly to Velious quest sets or equivalent.

Danth

B-b-but FashionQuest!

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You can build faction and exp outside kael and get some cheap thurg bracers, arms, helm, boots, hands.

You can mix darkforge, sentient and blood ember for a fairly red overall look. Less sta and Str but higher AC.

Hmm interesting fashion quest wise.. what pieces would I recommend for the best look? I’m an Ogre so might not look great but I’m willing to try lol

Oh hmm. Well Darkforge BP and Legs have decent AC and some STA. Black enameled BP is more AC but no stats and would match the legs which are great. Blood Ember Bracer, Arms, boots.

This looks like black chain but a Blood Ember helm would look great too.:
https://wiki.project1999.com/Icepaw_Skull_Helm

You ogre so your hope for good looks was ruined at level 0 im afraid

Nah, just shrink spell the ogre then they're like a plushie.