Board Thread:Game Discussions/@comment-72.79.44.172-20170403004130/@comment-27862737-20170403040041

First thing, try to get as many Epic armors as you can, and try combining/fusing them to get Dragonforged; you may get lucky and get some really great Dragonforged, or some that aren't so great, but you can always fuse the lower-level Dragonforged with each other and possibly get better ones.

Other than that, try to save up as many gems as you can and either go on a top run with a guild/alliance to get Shadowforged armors, or use those gems on chests (most people say that's a waste unless you're extraordinarily lucky).

The standard strategy (rank as high as you can in Arena, Raids, Wars, etc.) still applies, just now it seems that it's much harder to get the best armors without spending actual money. It's very difficult for free-to-play players to get the best armors in the game unless they go on runs only every month or two.

HTH.

-M