Ornate rune blade is about the best 2h weapon till you hit lvl 20. Was funny because before berserkers came out Ornate Rune Blades sold for like 150pp. The day berserkers came out you couldn't buy a piece of chainmail armor or 2h weapon for any type of reasonable price. They jumped to 1 and 2k when berserkers first came out. However now I think they are back down to around 500ppish (of course depends on server) You have a level cap which raises at 10 and 20 and until it raises high damage weapons will not be used well. ORnate rune blade has a fairly low delay for a 2h weapon and enough damage to just not break that cap. AFter 20 Id go with a Reaver 40/40, its about the best DPS out of a 2h that I can think of till you reach higher levels. Weighty Polearm was a great newb weapon before they fixed the recommended levels damage on weapons.
Gear wise just thinking off the top of my head there is of course the fungi if u got that kind of money. Also if you can't afford that you might go with the iksar chestplate for regen. Regen at that low of level makes solo ALOT easier. If you can wear it the grimling contraption offers 1 regen, and there is a ring that offers it as well (forget name but it would be easy to find just search for fingers with regen).
REally best thing to do is just head to bazaar and start browsing the market. Alot of the really good gear has rec levels, but I wouldn't let that stop you from buying it. It doesn't take much to get to lvl 25 and by the time your 25 alot of that gear that looks crappy at lvl 1 will work well at 30, even if its rec lvl 60. My necro started out with 150INT at lvl 1 but now at lvl 30 he has 224 int with the same gear (well I take that back 15 of that is from slipgears gem).
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