Well, we WILL be getting the nice set of gear and a relic to work on in the future for hitting 60. It's just not in the game yet. Just like we don't have /fistbump or the other new Recruit-a-Friend rewards yet either. It's all coming down the pipe, though, so the old standby of "look forward to it!" applies here.
Also, the hunt groups are just the ones who are going to be super-geared and even I'm pretty amazed by some of them (I saw one last week already in full i180 and the Ravana EX i190 sword and shield). I got Chachan to i170 (the level needed to enter Alexander) in a few days just by doing the daily Expert and Trial roulettes for the bonus Law and a couple accessory upgrades from doing the daily "beat this up" hunts a couple time. No actual serious grinding or A/S Hunting involved. It'll be even faster if you help out your friends on their first time through the level 60 stuff too.
So, I suppose, my best suggestion is to be patient - 50 had so much to do after the fact because so much was added after the fact. I don't think vanilla 2.0 50 had much to do at that point either, but I wasn't there for that.
Also, the hunt groups are just the ones who are going to be super-geared and even I'm pretty amazed by some of them (I saw one last week already in full i180 and the Ravana EX i190 sword and shield). I got Chachan to i170 (the level needed to enter Alexander) in a few days just by doing the daily Expert and Trial roulettes for the bonus Law and a couple accessory upgrades from doing the daily "beat this up" hunts a couple time. No actual serious grinding or A/S Hunting involved. It'll be even faster if you help out your friends on their first time through the level 60 stuff too.
So, I suppose, my best suggestion is to be patient - 50 had so much to do after the fact because so much was added after the fact. I don't think vanilla 2.0 50 had much to do at that point either, but I wasn't there for that.
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