Multiplayer Equipment?

[fish n drips]

I'm around level 34/35 and whenever i go to the shops, they sell the armor for level 20's, i'm still wearing Light Elven Armour and have no access to plate armor besides helmets and shields, i heard you can get dwarven pride armor at later levels but i don't want to grind too much because it takes far too long at level 30 i want to know what level you can get Dwarven Pride Armor and i want to know if there's a better two handed sword than the Fine Wakizashi (don't spoil it for me, i just want to know if there's a better sword). oh and i heard that you can only obtain better equips from village mode, if so, how to i acquire them in shops, i have an industrial forge and i haven't got any better equips, can anyone help?