Apologies if this has been addressed somewhere (I looked, but I've never been good with search engines of any kind).

All the leveling and gear guides I've found assume you're heading upward from 50 with fully melded endgame gear. Is there anywhere a guide with gear suggestions for people who didn't have BiS crafting gear when Heavensward released?

Because I've only been playing since March, and I'd gotten one craft to 50 -- WVR. I had only just gotten myself into the green weaver set (HQ). I'm looking at the previous BiS gear and thinking it's not worth the time sink if it's obsolete by lvl 50-whatever ( 52? 53? ).

I went ahead and bought a full left-side set of lvl 51 crafter gear, since it was better than what I had (and cheaper than the artisan set), and I figure 8 crafts will go through it. Do I meld it? with what? What kind of gear progression are we looking at for people who don't possess endgame gear?

Has anyone put up a guide anywhere for that?