New to p99, iksar war, best way to gear up.

[beecee1983]

Hi guys,

Decided to finally give p99 a crack, started on Green about a week ago. Previously played Everquest on fennin ro from around 99-2002 and played a bit of tlp a couple of years ago. Everyone has been very friendly here, i initially was going to wait in case they made a new p99 but figured i might as well jump in rather than wait on something that might never happen.

I enjoy warrior so made an Iksar warrior as I always enjoyed that part of the world. I am just about to hit 8 and its honestly taken a week, i forgot how long levelling used to take. Is there anything in particular I should try and do to make some plat, I've been saving bone chips and spider silk to sell but struggled to sell much at all, do i need to go to EC tunnel to be able to sell reliably? Is there something obvious i should be doing in FoB to get ahead or at least be able to loot some armor/weapons?

I managed to scrounge together some plat and get a couple of pieces of banded and leather so far but apart from that its pretty much what I've found and it feels a real struggle. I am almost permanently encumbered and it seems I probably need at least 100plat just to get a new weapon which at this rate is going to take a bit. Any advice on where i should hunt for iksar warrior upgrades? Is it possible to buy trooper scale and if so, what does it cost usually? I tried doing the pike quest and i was in swamp of no hope for ages looking for froglok escorts and gave up eventually =). Any advice would be appreciated as I've only ever played iksar monks and usually had a at least a few starter bits of gear. Lots of questions, regardless its been fun seeing so many people still levelling and almost all friendly.

Have even considered maybe I should make a different race warrior or maybe a halfling cleric as an alternative if its easier to progress. Cheers.