Return of Reckoning

I will not main a Knife Ear, yucks

I need some help from the longbeards!

I will soon reach with my beloved Engineer Level 40. It is a blast sniping the destros away! Until now I only played a Tank to 40, which made itemization and skilling a little easier... I am a tank, I need to survive. I played Engi as Rifleman only, as I think ...

Thanks for all the replies.
I already got the gunbad jewel, and only for three gold, quite happy about that. I got now the SC handweapon and subjugator shield and am now building genesis jewelry set up.
Finding a group on disc and than playing Scenarios seems really a good way to farm crest, thanks ...

Did I missed something? Wasnt Oathbound 25% before the patch?
What did changed that it is now problematic?

I gotta be honest, I didnt expect so many answers in such a short amount of time. I want to thank all, who took their time in the day to answer me, especially @nocturnalguest who gave such a detailed answer.
I think at the end I just buy Conquerer and be done with it and than see, might than ...

Greetings my fellow dwarfsenjoyer,

I am finally short before it, reaching my first level 40 with my beloved Ironbreaker.
Now the question that irked me is the following, how to gear than? I found some guides and read through the forum and have somewhat a plan in my head, I just wanted to ask the ...