Need tips on gearing iksar sk with no outside help

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So the main goal with this is just to have fun. Ideally I don't want handouts and I don't want to go out of my way to do something outside the spirit of the game to get gear. Ideally I want to just level with what's available on kunark, and just gear myself up and go at it for fun. So I'm looking to avoid any tricks to make plat and buy level 50 items for the time being.

With that being said, if you were to gear an iksar sk from scratch assuming there was no high level players in the game what items would you use? Atm I'm thinking curscail armor > banded armor, iksar targ shield and tarnished wep then try to do my sk quests for a better wep, then go for a fine steel wep or crafted iksar wep. Anyone have any suggestions on what's the best option for self gearing from scratch?