At what level can one reasonably solo all of the Thurgadin Armor quests?

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Originally Posted by Danth [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The giants around the Kael Drakkel zone-in don't drop corroded armor. The giants that do are mostly beyond your ability as a Paladin to effectively solo, and the few a Paladin can sort of handle (a couple of see-invis giants in the 4-way area for example) have such absurdly low drop rates as to render the attempt an exercise in futility. Even if you could solo it, you'd be at or near 60 and already equipped in stuff better than Thurgadin armor by the time you do it.

Thurgadin armor does not require raids, but it's not really meant for soloists either. It's group content for high-level players. Areas such as the plate house offer good drop rates and are very much single-group doable.

You can make the money to MQ the pieces far more quickly than you'd likely be able to solo/duo it. Plate house groups offer good enough drop rates to be worth going there but you'd either need a guild or a decent number of friends--it's not an area you'll usually find pick-up groups (but watch for such groups for when they occur). You can in theory obtain most of the gems (aside from chest slot gems) from random solo'able monsters in zones like Velketor's, but once again you can make the platinum needed to buy the same gems far more rapidly elsewhere. A Paladin is unlikely to solo farm the diamonds effectively although he can quite easily duo for them with an Enchanter partner.

Danth

if I just MQ all the pieces and buy my own gems, excluding the chest, what kind of ballpark cost am I looking at?

I know the Chest alone is roughly 15k or so, factoring in the diamonds.

It's a toss-up which one I want to go for, either a full set of Thurgadin, or a full set of Hate or Fear armor (I.E Valorium or Righteous) as my entry-level raiding set. One of the two.