people hung up on finding better gear early on, just lol. who gives a fuck? if you were SO worried about gear , maybe you should have made an armorer / weaponsmith / tailor, the crafted gear trumps all while leveling. the gear provided from quests is just fine and the BG gear you get if you do that while leveling, which you should because you can get a free mount if you didn't buy the collectors edition, is tailored to your class ( at least some of it is, or i am just super lucky on 2 different characters ) ignorance is bliss i guess. this is coming from a super noob when it comes to wildstar, didn't play in any betas and had a late start.
Also: rating a game on early game content/dungeons when it's focused on the end game, 10/10.