Don't sweat upgrading right now. I know there's a stigma for players who are on profane, but you don't really need to upgrade to siren to complete the story line. I say complete the main quest and the side quest till u reach the cap, aka story quest chapter 33. By then you'll be lvl 50 HM 1.

At this point, you'll have 45k hp ish. You'll have a hard time finding parties for lvl 50 content dungeons, don't worry about that. And you must have enough Blade & Soul gold.

Run 6man efleet for material to upgrade you weapon to siren.

Run 6man bloodshade for the soulshields. Check out soulshield guide for best crit soulshield for you're progression. TL:DR, 3,5,7 Bloodshade. Everything else temporary.

Start running Mushin tower and clear 7th floor. Try getting Mushin ss2, not endless tower.

After 1-2 weeks, you should be able to afford upgrading to Awaken siren. If you have trouble with RNG on storm siren, you can purchase it using efleet emblem from NPC.

As this point, if you haven't purchase the 25 AP diamond, do it now.
Start running Naryu labi for soulshield + drops. You want to slowly collect Naryu labi essence? This will build into you soul which gives 10 AP. TL:DR get soulshield 1,4,6,8. Try to roll crit.

Run this for 1 - 2 weeks. By now you'll have 50-60k hp and 425+ AP


You can now run non-epic lvl 50 content dalies without getting raged at. Get that bank. Keep running bloodshade for material and pirate weapon if you haven't gotten. You can use pirate emblem to purchase the weapon aswell if RNG is not on your side. After 2 weeks of grinding, you'll probably hit Awaken pirate.
Now you'll have a respectable 450 AP. Focus on accessories now. Maybe another 2 weeks, get that crit up. You can join epic lvl 50 dungeons. Now you can get the asura and yeti soulshields. Ayeee.

By now it's been maybe 2 months? GG. New content will be release, you'll be busy for a while.

If you wanna make some bank on the side while doing all these dailies, invest into crafting and grinding soulstones. Decent income on the side.

I just laid out my whole plan for myself for you lol. But i think this is probably the path most ppl will take. I'm currently at the naryu labi part, almost finishing up to move into pirate soon.

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