Any help on what to do next?

[ToasterMan]

Quite honestly, the difficulties encountered by ToasterMan and Hanmerreborn both should suggest the general folly of trying to avoid being an omnicrafter. Level the rest of the classes up, you two!

In ARR you could, generally speaking, level up a class from 1 to 50, then another, then another. In HW the recipes are loaded with refined materials from other classes, and this suggests a different way of thinking : simultaneous, or at least equal, leveling. The under level penalty merely adds to the suggestion. It is much easier for a level 53 to make the level 53 refined material another level 53, or a 54, needs, compared to a level 51 attempting to make the same refined material.

Do I need to have HQ gear of the current level in order to have any hope of HQing stuff? What's the leveling rotation for items that are around 50-60? I just about have all of my classes at 50

[FoxyAreku]

Do I need to have HQ gear of the current level in order to have any hope of HQing stuff? What's the leveling rotation for items that are around 50-60? I just about have all of my classes at 50

Get in the mind set that normal quality gear is garbage.

I recommend level 51 crafted stuff ASAP. You can use NQ if you really want but HQ is way better.

Crafting above 50 also, to put it simply, boils down to getting progress 1 hit away from finishing, then spamming hasty touch for inner quiet stacks and then finishing with byregots at 20 durability. There's other things you can do to help, but that is the general idea you should have in mind. Hope that helps.

[ToasterMan]

Thanks to all the advice here. I've gotten my weaver to 60. What should my next step with it be?

I've been introduced to specialists, is there a certain combination I should go with? I wanted to specialize in BSM WVR and LTW