Maybe its me, my dedication, or is it something else? I had a blast leveling, leveling my armoring to 200 was a chore but doable. But i cant seem to get past 600 gs, i use shards here and there to upgrade named items or my crafted gear, but there is just no drive to go past. Only dungeon i do is genesis… i pretty much suck at expeditions…dont really know the strats, but do i really wanna do the same few dungeons over and over but with different rule sets, i dunno… anyone else at this point? I feel like all i do is gather mats for a hour or 2 then log off…
I like upgrading past 600 via gypsum. Its a nice easy solo routine to get 7 per day that doesn’t take very long. I’m still working on getting a few weapon types up to 600 so I don’t put all 7 into shards yet, but just doing 3 gypsum per day at 400 shards each plus getting some from the events or chest runs, I’ve got 2 weapons and my jewelry at 625.
I don’t really plan to get hardcore into mutations either, but find the shards to be a nice little progression system to pick away at.
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Definitely try and get a group to play with. Expedition has a slight learning gap but once you do learn the tricks, it’s quite fun. Mutations is the final end game grinding before you get to max. Most people farm m10s to get good gear, 625 is easy then because by that time you already have a bunch of shards sitting in the shed. Get some cheap purple ward gear/named sets to start off.
I have been at the same stage as you were for some time. I started doing elite chest runs and gathering gypsum to get to the 600 gs expertise. From there on I use my gypsum to get umbral shards and upgrade my gearscore slowly.
As for dungeons and mutators. Find a company who can teach you some of the basics. And gearwise: just start of with some purple gear with the right ward perks on it (those are cheap on the market) and the right gems/ bane perk on your weapons. Coatings will also help a lot.
I ran my first mutator with some randoms, and that was a big fail. Afterwards I ran it with company members and it went fine once you know some of the tips and tricks. Onces you’ve started doing mutators, its very easy to get better gear and progress further.
Good luck! I have fait in you 
Do Gypsum dailies:
-buy 2 from faction NPC
-do 2 expeditions
-do 2 OPR
-do 2 Arena
-do 1 trade craft node (refining or crafting)
-kill mobs for Diamond Gypsum
There are more ways to get Gypsum but I usually like those 10.
Exchange gypsum for whatever u want first time and upgrade all 5 Armors, 2 Weapons and 3 Accessories to 610.
Keep exchange daily Gypsums and slowly upgrade items 1 by 1 after 610.
Now depend how many legendary items u get from expeditions/OPR boxes. Those also gives 50 shards, u get from OPR some shards too either u win or lose, u can get shards in PvP Track too.
But in general in around 2 weeks u should have ur set around 623-625 or so without doing any mutation. If u dont do PvE, accessories dont need higher than 623.
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Gypsums gives you close to a full upgrade/day, otherwise do some mutations which usually brings you a bit overboard with them.
I do dungeons with my normal 5 man, yes we do M10’s which is the highest difficulty but we don’t take it seriously. We joke around in voice chat, drink beers while doing it and just try to make it as much fun as possible. I will say that doing it with friends or people you do them with regularly compared to randoms in group finder is much more fun.
If you are finding that expeditions are too challenging for you then just use heavy armor, a war hammer with trenchant recovery and you will find them super easy. There is a reason why they are nerfing trenchant recovery - it allowed you to ignore almost all mechanics in the game.
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