The sheetmetal ulak is fine, I reccomend replacing the sambata (sp?) with either a Fist of Iron if you like procs, or a Entwood Mace for pure damage. Fist of Iron goes for 11k on my server (Luclin) and Entwood Mace goes for 12.5k. Because I don't trust procs for my damage I would go with the entwood mace.

For your armor, there are not many choices I can give you. The sleeves I would take Hardened Grey Flesh without blinking. They go for 6k on my server. They make great upgrades to your slot. I don't know what to say for the shoulders, I've been looking for a replacement for my Acrylia Reinforced Mantle also. Head slot I think the Shissar Scale Headband is just fine for now. Just my opinion but I think the Crown of the Hive is very nice if you really want an upgrade though, drops off a Luclin mob somewhere and not sure of price. For leg slot I would take the Skyshrine armor quest. And chest slot I would go either Skyshrine armor or a Phase Spider Carapace if you can spare the 5 stones, it goes for 11k on my server.

For your cash problems there are several places. I personally liked the Geonids in Crystal Caverns. You can do Rathe Mountains, but because they drop coin as their loot you will: A) Need a partner or mule to put the cash on, or B) run to the gem dealer in zone and buy them to keep your weight down and resell later for a slight cash loss. Because of this I like the Geos, they drop gems and there is a merchant and bank in zone. Good luck!

Edit: I don't know why I didn't think of it earlier but a Stave of Shielding makes a great offhander and it's not too expensive, goes for about 3k on my server. And if you want a nice 2hb I reccomend getting something nice but not too expensive like a imbued Fighter Staff, 4k-5k. Sure it's not that great, but it will get the job done until you can go for some of the nice no-drop 2hbs. I'd take that over T-staff and Staff of Flowing Water because they're just too expensive. Just level yourself up and get into a good guild, a couple of my favorite 2hbs dropm in ToV and it's not hard to find a guild to raid there. Good luck!

Edited, Mon Jun 23 12:27:15 2003