OK, this is premature, but at level 77 I've entered the grasslands.
I've seen the various armor sets for BS on AoC>TV, and glanced at a few lists that folks have generated for gear to look for, but most of them include long range goals of getting to R4 with a faction, betraying them, and going with the opposite faction.
I'm looking for some simple guidance. Of the ten available factions, which five should a new 80 Bear Shaman choose first?
From AoC>Tv, the opposing factions in Rise of the Godslayer are:
Brittle Blade vs Shadows of Jade
Children of Yag-kosha vs Yellow Priests of Yun
Hyrkanians vs Wolves of the Steppes
Last Legion vs Scarlet Circle
Scholars of Cheng-Ho vs Tamarin's Tigers
This may sound silly, but I'd like the wolf and tiger mounts, so those two choices are made.
If it helps, I did get the T1 2H from one of the portents, so I have that to look forward to.
Thank you for any help!