Some help starting out? Getting armor, items, gold, etc?

[Maelstrom]

I'm having trouble starting out.

Been macroing a lot, but the skill gain isn't making that much more powerful, especially if I don't have the armor to last through 2-3 skeletons

Where can I start gaining some gold?  I can only handle skellies at the moment in the newbie dungeon, and that's with the best free newbie loot I could find.

I need garg loot.  Any place I can search for this?  I tried player vendors, but the prices were ridiculous for crap armor and I couldn't afford it anyway.

Where can I find a Mysticism book, or do I even need one?

I went with that, magery, and imbuing.. got throwing up to 100, tactics is close, focus and meditation are gm now.

Without good gear, I can't do much.

Advice?

Oh yeah, is there a token book?

[Krynge]

Only been here a week myself and had similar problem.

Voting on the stones in Insula bank gives you 10k and some Pandora coins each day.
Going to dailypvp / FFA for the pvpcoins. (Yeah i get obliterated but it doesnt take long)
I have been getting my gold and oceanic coins from Fishing, but only because i like fishing.

The young player chest in training room can have some decent items in it (including powerscrolls) but you got to be prepared to check often and dig past all the junk.

Not sure if this helps or not, and i got no idea about the rest of your questions sorry.

Krynge