Been doing my own thing

[Ninster]

...and I guess it's about high time I found out how to make my crafting progression easier, if possible.

I have 8 classes in their 20s, with gatherers in the 30s, and I'm kind of wondering to compromise my obsessive-compulsiveness with the least headache.

Essentially, I've been doing each class by 5 level brackets, and trying to check off both the recipes and the leves for completion (yeah, I know, expensive on leve allowances, but I don't spend enough time to actually make a dent in my reserves), and gathering when I can. This has been fairly simple but then I've hit a bit of a roadblock:

Dungeon drops

I started crafting late in the game, so of course I'm kicking myself now for every time I've passed on the tattered/blackened/dented gear in the later low-level dungeons, and I'm also wondering just how I'm going to make some of the furniture. Is any of this available on the MB? Would it be worth the price? Assuming the I opt to delve directly into the dungeons and hope the RNG likes me, what's the proper etiquette regarding the craft drop chests? I know gear follows standard loot rules, but I'm more wondering about if the party does a quick run and skips chests.

Finally, is it possible to HQ anything around my current level reliably at this stage, or will I need some of the level 37 crossclass skills for that? If so, what's the best I could do at this point?