I did some of this armor to fill in some gaps for my twink, but in all honesty, you could complete this entire set at level 1.
ALL the items are buyable from the local merchants (and cheap BTW), and if you want to hunt, none of the items are particularly rare. The hardest item I found was the pristine spider silks, and I got 2 of them in about 20 spider kills.
The same goes for the Barbarian Warrior armor.
This comes from the standpoint of someone that has done some of the other newbie armor quests for other classes/races where some of the items you need drop off level 8 mobs, are no-drop items, or require you to go in to dangerous areas to hunt.
Overall, very nice armor for the work involved. Has a dark bluish-green plate look (i was hoping for red :( )
Edited, Wed Jul 16 18:42:04 2003