Early partying: Equipment levels 10-19.
All right, the first thing you should do at level 10 is pickup a set of scale armor, or the royal footmen's gear. Either way, since you can now go to the dunes, you're going to need good armor since people will expect you to tank. However, I would recommend soloing to at least level 12, since dunes at level 10 really suck. At level 12 you can pick up a Greataxe.