Question tho, what kind of gear should we be looking at otherwise (chest, wrist etc.) what sort of stats should we not go lower than. Im 43 atm

Thats a very question and I second this ^

35 Storm and my current gear is anything to + skills to current of ANYTHING thundering tempest/lightning storm/the lighting orb... thing (frozen orb from d2 sorc)/basic power
with +power duration
with +spirit

And basically the rest of the stats are either drop rarity or other things not as important - am I heading in the right direction?