Help for an old RO fan

[Ultima_Pi]

Here are some of the questions I have:

• Where should I be leveling? Currently I'm still pecking away at geographers because they are so easy and mindless, plus without any cards or plused out gear, I take a lot of hits, for pretty big numbers...
  
• The gear I should be focusing on at the moment. This is what I think I should be getting:
  • Arbalest[2] - I'm not sure what cards to put in it though... What's good these days?
    
  • Muffler[1] - Whisper card?
    
  • Tights[1] - No clue what card these days...
    
  • Boots[1] - No clue what card these days...
    
  • Brooches or Gloves? Should I aim for the non-slotted ones first then work up to the slotted ones when I get the cards?
    

In no real order:
GH Pris 1, Silver, take the Rybios with BB if you have the SP.

GH Sewers, Fire / Earth, you can pick up Earth from Stings to kill off the Gargoyles

Mosco 3, Wind / Fire, watch out for mobs

Gonryun 1, Fire / Earth, the Bears have low enough HP that it won't matter if you use Silver or not

Biolabs 2, Neutral / Immat, you can hit everything with neutral, but it's faster to take out the mage with Immats, be aware that there's a SinX down there, usually cloaked

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Arb[2] if you know what you're doing. Elemental bows (Burning, Freezing, Gale, Earthen) are extraordinarily useful. OAB is useful for those things without elemental weakness, but if you have an Endow from Sage or converters, it's better than Elemental bows.

Dragontail for DS spam, Bapho Jr for pure speed, Whisper for dodge. What you put it in actually doesn't matter, until you have some money anyways.

Tights are still good if you've incorporated the Dex into your build. You can move off to other non-class specific armors once you have the money.

Same as Tights for shoe. You have a better variety of Agi shoe gear this around, Fricco's Shoes, Black Leather Boots, but they'll cost you a bit.

You're not 90, so slot isn't an issue. Brooches for speed / dodge, Glove for bonus damage.

Archer card combo is decent while you're on your way to end-game gears. I never personally liked it, because it didn't fit my play style.

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Race and elemental cards are still the name of the game. Get them, and watch things die.