That's hardcore scamming dude. You should have at least paid them 500 so they could get some decent equipment that early. That's jsut evil that you paid them 2 gold for those dyes. Adding you to my list of jerks I'll be advertising in every town I go to.
lol yeaht that messed up it not funny when you scam newbeis, at least 200g i say i bet they wer mad when they reached old ascalon and found out it was 4k lol.
as for farming ill give you the place people this days are greedy and they didnt nerf it that much neither.
ettin at ascalon settlement, the back house at kryta gate wer oinki is at,those are the most likely
and the ettins are first of start at beetletun then head out gate into nabu terrace keep giong straight youl encounter mergolys, tengu, then a bunch of ettins, ive gotte some good drops
There are several popular new spots i found. (I have seen people doing this.)
If you were Elementalist or Ranger, you can farm outside Marhan's Grotto.
There are millions of ice imps there to give you a big money. They can't remove enchantments and focus purely on cold attack.
If you like melee, you can farm griffins and minotaurs in prophet's path outside augury rock. Not many of them are there but there are 2 bosses for you to solo.
The last is at Talus Chute outside Droknar's forge. Mountain Trolls are known as the weakest lv 24 monsters. You can do giants hunting at the same time. you may need to spend a little time to kill Tengu enemies.
Those are all mid to high level farming i know right now.
if you just want to farm items, you may consider riverside or drake run.