epic flying.

gear will come through rep and drops, as well as through emblems and shards.
to save gold, look around and see if you can get the mats and have someone make the item instead. some items cost more than the mats, some items dont. even tipping someone 100 gold to craft you 1 titansteel destroyer and 4 titansteall guardians and 4 titansteel shieldwalls can still save you moola if you get the mats yourself or through AH (or whatever gear you're trying to make).

do your research on the gear though. sometimes you might not need everything that's suggested at various websites. sometimes you just need a few things, enough to get your team going to get the better drops. double check the emblem vendor to make sure you dont buy anything you can get for cheap, like say the neck pieces for 25 emblems. 25 emblems are easy to get that spending 800-1000 gold (EACH) for the slight lesser crafted item would not be worth it and would make little sense. (kill 25 bosses, get 25 emblems for each char +2emblems for daily quest. as opposed to buying the thing for five chars, thats spending 5k gold, or one epic mount).

ok have fun and good luck!