Re-gearing questions

[Kagalli]

So i came back after a 6 month break, left about 2 months into 3.0 because of moving + work, anyways i'm here for advice on gearing up my crafts again, i think the only thing i've actually bought on my character red scrip wise was Galleykeep's Frypan.

Now i was looking on ffxivguild and people have been talking about not worrying about crafting the mh and body since the red scrip pieces are better, true? Anyways i'm not sure what my current stats are on my other crafts since i'm not in game atm but my Cul is 757/684/391. It's probably lower on my other crafts since i don't have the i180 main hand.

I know the first thing i need to do is craft up the i170 accessories, that should be np however i'm playing catch up right now so last week i wasn't able to get any red scrips, this week however, i plan on getting some red scrips tomorrow. I'm not sure how getting the items from gathering work, i think you get red scrips then buy favors with them, then go to a node and use it to get the item or something? I'll read up on that later.

I basically need advice on how to proceed on re-gearing my crafts since i know each crafting classes need the i170/180 piece and not the shared pieces outside of accessories. Like gear up wvr or ltw first to craft other pieces etc etc.

Also, seems tier 4 control materia has jumped up dramatically, 400k per on Excalibur, and i only have 13 mill, over melding will suck big time...