lvl 44 necro gear / XP area questions!

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Hey! Just hit 44 and I've decided that it's about time I stop wearing my jboots and 2+ strength cloak, I'm only at 174 int, it's not too bad but I feel like a few of my armor pieces are basically wasted slots right now. Any suggestions on affordable boots/cloak/arms/shoulders, maybe rings? I'm not sure when 55+ hp rings become something you shouldn't be wearing, I like them a lot but not sure if that's something I should be wearing at higher level.

I don't have a ton of plat to spend as this is my highest level character so I'm not really looking into spending 2k+ on each slot just yet.

Also I've found Aggro kite very fun so I was wondering if there are any particularly good areas to do that in around my level. (Darkness > Send Pet > Nuke the shit out of them, I think that's aggro kite, anyway) And when can I start doing something similar to the gate guards in Freeport? I was just there yesterday and thought it would be amazing, since there is so much open room to kite in. Before anyone says do dungeons I really don't like soloing in areas that aren't very open and such, I can do it, but it's just more stressful than it needs to be!