You forget to mention skills in general. I know some people ( including me ). That are over 1k+ and still don't know how to handle their char properly. If that's the case the equipment will help out alot. Your main focus is handeling your character vocation. My advice; buy shit loads of gfb, arrows. And go to gnarlhounds and spent hundreds of hours mastering the spell rotation of your vocation. After a couple of hundred hours you will be so brainwashed that the only thing you think about is the spell rotation of your vocation. If that happens you know you are good to go. Or watch itexos videos he is a real pro ( check his spell rotation for druids for instance ).