it is easier if you focus on the important things
before you just needed +8 armor and weapon +9 for 180 i believe
even if you had 0 crit and 0 maximize you could enter every dungeon
and if you had +8 with 100% crit and 100% maximize you couldnt enter, even when you did 10x the dmg the other player did
that was just dumb
of course if you had 180 before and now you have 70 , you probably dont have any good effects , sockets or erp with offensive stats
you were completely useless in the dungeon und nobody liked playing with you
i dont know whats missing for you , i can just imagine how it looks like
just because you have to buy stuff from other players that invested money, IT IS NOT PAY2WIN
its just pay2win if you have to invest the money YOURSELF
sinister accs cant even be bought
elyanod accs arent that expensive
5/5 ib set is cheap af nowadays
sage stones are for free everywhere
its so easy to gear up if you invest some time in it
you have to spent time for every mmos thats out there to get good gear
you cant just make SD gear and then skip to vanymir
its not meant to be that way
there are supposed to be gear walls in mmos
you farm one set, so you can farm the next better one with it
before, you could just skip some stuff, but thats just not like it is supposed to be
this way you will arrive at harder content when you are ready for it and thats the right thing to do