"Newbie" question

[Caimie_Tsukino]

An important thing to note is that 1 level in Heavensward is effectively 10-15 levels in A Realm Reborn (or at least that's how big of a wall it feels like, especially when you're trying to do a level 51 craft at 50, but it's as hard or harder than a level 50 3-star craft); this makes every level above 50 that much more important to attain in reducing the difficulty of previous crafts.

Yea, every time when you try to do a recipe above your own level, the progress penalty is quite a lot.

I just confirmed that ARR 3 star recipe is actually BETWEEN LVL 51 and LVL 52 Recipes:
Lvl 51 recipe - 421 difficulty (or 339 difficulty for some)
3 star recipe - 445 difficulty
Lvl 52 recipe - 503 difficulty

So this means, if some new crafters (without ARR BiS gear) wanna do ARR 3 star items, it's better to wait till level 52 or above. Safest at level 53.