Most of your gear will be given to you in MS anyway so the need to make your own gear isn't really that dire. If you wish to level up a DOH quickly ask a person who already has it at 50 and request that you make you HQ for to hand in on leve quest as HQ will double EXP gained and if it's under LV50 your 1st Class will be getting a 50% bonus and your 2nd under LV50 class will get a 100% EXP bonus.