Best advice I can give is to keep an eye out for a Hate group (which is to the left of the Plane of Fear entrance in Greenmist Woods. It'll probably be the best and fastest way to gear up these days. Obtaining tokens with Thurgadin bounties is pretty slow, but you can use them to help fill a gap in a piece of gear you're missing (and the ring/earring seed of health or seed of energy is great to have), and later on down the road (tier 11ish) there is a quest line that gives you augs to fill a piece of Thurgadin armor to create a tier 12-13ish tailored armor piece.