I just scoured the AH for some good deals on T1 purples or 60 blues, I was able to get 3 pieces of T1 gear for 65k AD, after that just run the starter epic dungeons for the parts you are missing. Alternatively you can get the PVP set but I don't like the stats on it so I didn't bothered.
As someone who played Neverwinter Nights, yes and more so for the moment you are actually stuck being a caster cleric or "wizard" I can only hope sometime in the future they release the original melee buffer cleric :(
I just do it manually... I mean sure it would be great if it showed you both for comparison but really I don't see how anyone can say its a big deal, it takes 5 seconds to open character window, hover over the second dagger/ring and compare stats.
I'm only level 46 and 38 on my Cleric and Guardian Fighter respectively but I have found dungeons post Mad Dragon to be challenging but in a good way, when we finally down the boss after 2 or 3 wipes It feels rewarding, sadly that is all you get because the rewards for the normal dungeons are garbage, the seal gear is not…
What about Shirts and Pants? are there any that look different from the starting ones? so far my cleric is 46 and all the chain-shirts and chain-pants I have gotten through Mailsmithing look exactly like the default ones :(