Welcome to the game!=] Hope you're having a good time. If youre on Gilgamesh NA I'll be happy to make you gear via crafting. My ingame name is Nagoto Netherfrost.

As others have said though - until you hit a point where the game goes "You are REQUIRED to have ___ Item level to do this. " gear isn't a huge concern. It can make leveling a bit easier but you should be fine regardless. Save your gil and grand company seals. If you talk to some crafting mentors and ask them about different ways to gear. Some. Maybe will offer somthing similar to what I did. It doesnt cost us gil but time so if they do be appreciative! (I'm by no means saying to around begging for gear though).