Just a humble questionFollow

Keep it up! some of it depends on class, as some classes are more gear dependant than others, While I am not recomending it, it is not tough to level a mage/priest/warlock to 40 almost naked if ya got a ok wand. For the most part drops and quest rewards should do ya. After you get about 90 gold for your mount, then figure in the cost of level 40 training, then start worrying about buying stuff, but even then most purchases are......say short lived, and are replaced quickly.

IMHO the best stuff is aquired in instances or as quest rewards(with a few expeions and some epics)

just as a note, I play on a few diffrent servers, on some of them AV is just not a option, the opostion just wont start matches (becasue"it is not fair") and theirfore that toon will never get a AV mount, while on other servers, I am getting close to exaulted at level 55. My point is that you cannot count on a AV mount, depends on the folks of the other faction to start games.

Fitz,

Capitolg is correct on some servers it is very hard to get an AV game going. For example on Silverhand I've never played AV, Beldinn level 60 hunter. But on Crushridge I made exalted in about 2 weeks.

It's a toss up, but either way whether its 650 gold or 1000 gold for your mount you'll need to save a great deal of currency. If I were you, I'd try my best to just do instant dungeon after instant dungeon. It may feel like a grind but by doing so you'll get the best gear you can find for you're level and get exp quicker.

Good luck!

Well you know, really, nobody is ever supposed to pick need. BoE's are always greed, and BoP's are always pass.

If someone rolls Need on a BoE item who doesn't need it, speak up. That's why they changed the loot system to need before greed. There's no reason they can't hand it over to you.

As a rule I usually have people equip things they win via Need roll right there on the spot. They don't necessarily need to keep it on, but as long as they make it soulbound then I'm content. There's a lot of people out there who will try to ***** you over on things like these.

Don't listen to people who roll Need because they "need it for their alt" as well.

Back to the topic...

Running instances is a fine way to make money, and it'll get you great gear so that you won't have to buy your own as well. At LV 20 it might not be as profitable as using your gathering professions, but when you're able to do Scarlet Monastery runs it will definitely pay off.