Quote Originally Posted by SimonRose View Post
Then you have all the rest of the gear to upgrade, which will take quite awhile
Understatement

I just finished getting all my gatherer's their gear couple weeks ago, only did about five favors ever. EVER.
So it's up to you, OP, if you want to get Favors or Gear. (I wanted the gear more than the favors soooo). I would suggest saving up for the mainhands, it will make it much easier to get the red scrips, but the gear is only for if you REALLY want to hit things easier and Aetherial Reduction farming with less RNG.