Hi dude and welcome back.
I consider that a paldin have advantage for hunting alone because they can go to places with more exp ratio and also have the posibility to do duo with an ED or inclusive with a MS. Playing EK alone is a little hard because you need a considerable lvl to hunt alone with a good exp/profit ratio (at least 400+ in my opinion).
Playing mages with a delay of 300 ms is no funny, so in your case, I wont consider MS or ED like and option. I suggest you to continue playing with EK and find an ED dou, so you could enjoy the game.
About your set... 30kk is enough to get a regular set (no the best in game), you can buy Ornatechest plate, faboulous legs, depth calcei, cobra hood, gnome shield, gnome sword, winter blade, tagralt blade, slayer of destruction.