I meet the basic crafting requirements for Ironworks gear on Goldsmith, Leatherworker, and Weaver, so I'm not worried about that.

What I am worried about is Glass Fiber.
In order to make the ironworks gear (crafting and gathering both), we need a ton of glass fiber. And it seems pretty challenging to get it.
On the MB on my server, 1 piece is selling for about 250k.

It will also take a little more than 8000 Esoterics to get HQ versions for the mats necessary to make the gear.

I still don't know the requirements for gathering Meteorite and Crystallized Sap (been focusing on easier ones first), but I am really hoping it is gatherable with just the Blue Scrip (previously red scrip) gathering gear and balanced / weighted off-hand tools.