Once you hit your 20s form groups in Solusek's eye.
You're looking at nearly 100pp an hour if you are killing fast and make occasional vendor runs. You'll quickly make money to buy some decent equipment.
Alternatively try make some solid friends while levelling up and in your 20s work on the crafted armour quests. You can complete the set by level 30, most of the drops are from good xp spots.
The number one thing you want is a good set of weapons. If you are going to EC weapons are your first priority. Even if you are a 'do it yourself' kinda guy weapons are worth making the concession on and buying. If you insist on hunting for your own weapons the Iksar Beserker Club is pretty easy to acquire from Kurns tower in your teens. 7/18 ratio and procs a decent enough melee buff.
For the offhand, as procs are done on swing checks, not swing attempts (i.e. your offhand can proc even if you failed to make a swing) it is worth using a proc weapon until you get your dual wield skill up. The polished granite tomahawk procs a str/rune effect which generates a bit of AoE aggro and pads your tanking ability.
With the changes to the rogue epic, I am not sure if this last piece of advice is still good, but while you are around the commonlands area remember to /who all kith often. If it looks like there are a few high level players gathering there it might be worth popping in to try grab a rotting Scimitar of Ykesha.
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