The >75 Agility Debacle

[Lowlife]

It is seen as common knowledge in modern EQ that if your character, such as many iterations of Ogre, has a base value of below 75 agility that it would behoove one to spend 5 character creation attribute points to reach that threshold, least you face a severe AC penalty.

Having said that, has anyone leveled a character without pumping their agility to 75?

Was gear able to bridge the necessary gap? Or was it a constant pain in the ass to maintain a piece of agility gear in lower levels?

What were some easy to obtain pieces of agility gear one could find to compensate?