TBH, you dont need to keep pace with the savage.
You can try your luck in PF but imho it's a waste of time and energies (and mental sanity).
The .4 patch will release the new crafted gear, better than savage one so if you want an advise from a fellow PF raider...dont bother too much.
There is only one (1) content worth of that gear and if you dont have a static I find hard for you to run it within the lunch...i'm talking about the new ultimate.
And still after a couple of months you will be able to run that last ultimate with the new tomestone/savage gear so, again gearing in FFXIV is pointless, imho.
If I were you, I'd kill once and save money for other stuffs, this game doesn't deserve the vets support anymore, imho, nor SE wants to.
Being in a static....you may be stucked to pay a worthless sub for an half our per week if you have already cleared all the floors (like I have >.<)...so again, dont bother about the loot.
Literally it's not worth your time.