I was a big fan of allods when the level cap was around 51 and 55 that was but area of fun. you got gear from astrals rather then having to upgrade your gear and you unlock epic, legend and fable astrals to get higher level gear no upgrading at all.
51 was upgrading gear with amalgam too!
4 upgrades from blue to purple with 32 amalgam... i remember that Iamgroot (who was named HCLFTW at this time) posted a helpful list on the american forum
it was helpful to me since i lacked a lot of knowledge back then
however gearing was so complicated and i wasnt willing to pay for mercs so i did not gear up but rather farmed mobs to upgrade my runes ( which totally payed off on the long)
55 was introduction of glyphs; i had good glyphs in comparison to others because i was one of the few who recognized there were lots of free glyphs from a NPC
you still had to upgrade gear
i managed to get orange + some teal parts since free mercenary auto astral was introduced at this time and the part with the ship could be skipped for free finally
at some point they totally reworked warrior and i was one of the happiest allods-players at this time because warrior was HORRIBLE inferior to every other class before this rework

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level 60 was wellebell patch
-> best gearing system at all, i farmed wellebell forlorn etc solo all the time and did no astral at all
i geared up while farming (mobs gave good gold)
best time ever regarding the gearupsystem
mirage mount was introduced at this time and pegasus was sold shortly after, very cheap
level 65 was ferris patch
i remember that questing was done so fast i was disappointed
the part for part unlock of the storyline felt not very satisfying
i remember gaining my orange carnifex at this time and i remember how happy i was when lightningbolt was FINALLY brought to sale
level 70 was dane patch
monolith sale made me happy but i was disappointed i could never enjoy the higher manareg the one scroll for the combatarmor gave since mana was removed already with this patch
the classchanges made the game too fast (shooter-feeling) while the GCD made the game feel like constant lag
now we have level 75, ammer patch