It's the dragons that are giving me a problem. I'm level 29, but I haven't found a dragon armor piece that increases my defense, and my shields are quite low. I put too many points into offense. I'm going to go back and do the dragon side quests on the platforms, which I haven't completed to build up my shield capabilities. Is there some way to increase the caps on dragon skills the way your skill trainer can for the human ones?
So far I never encounter any dragon armor piece that give defense boost. I dont find much trouble taking down those dragon, only dragon commander will pose bit problem, but you can always use the tactic hit and run and lure. Always aim for catapults and the stupid nests as the nests will keep spawn flying mob non stop which dont provide any exp at all. When low on hp, just run and transform back human and heal back to full health. I can clear them at lvl27, I dont see why you cant do it at lvl29.