Timeline:
7/2/2016 Downloaded Rift
Started at 65. Went through the areas in Nightmare Tide I did not explore and I barely did anything in the Plane of Water before I took a break. Then discovered Minds of Madness Interpid.
7/3/2016
Hit 65 doing Mind of Madness and noticed the boxes they drop give gear also
Ran Experts and got multiple pieces of gear that were raid ready
Pugged multiple open world quest
Begin leveling crafting that I left off at 375
7/4/2016
Ran more expert and got more gear. Experts take almost no time since most people pugging them have crazy high gear level
Bought Nightmare Tide. Put Ah gear in Ear ring slots. If you are crying about this then you clearly do not understand the word EXPANSION