Level 30 now and am in the Orient. Pro tip if you ever play a character with Storm-maxed out "Squall" is ridiculously easy mode at normal, apparently (though I do have some serious elemental damage bonus gear too).
Also, if you are playing through and not getting great blues to drop by act 2, that's ok. Just take your best greens and add a relic, usually they can wind up being better than the blues that drop with the right relic.