RAF makes questing _insane_ I spent a total of 4 minutes at level 50 because of the hinterlands quests, started at level 48, dinged to 49 while questing (less than 20% in) then I handed in quests and dinged to 51 with ~60% of the way through that level.

There is no real point in keeping gear 'up to date' as you just level so fast you will probably spent more gold on training than you have (especially if leveling on a new server) plus you should be able to do most quests with quest reward gear anyhow