First to those who have been calling it an extraction: It is not an extraction it is a synthesis there is a huge difference.
To those who have claimed it is as hard as LSD: LSD is more difficult by leaps and bounds. MDMA isn't that hard you just have to understand organic chemistry and study how other people are doing it.
OP: I'm going to give benefit of the doubt and assume if you don't just drop it you will invest the time to understand the chemistry. Don't prove me wrong!
First thing first if you are in an urban environment forget about it, if something goes wrong (and trust me it will) there are just too many lives at stake. This is the kind of thing that should be done in the middle of nowhere.
Before you try anything you need to have a solid understanding of organic chemistry. Luckily with the internet you can learn most of what you need to know without having to get expensive textbooks. I would, however, recommend getting a copy of Vogel's Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry and something like Purification of Laboratory Chemicals by Wilfred L.F. Armarego.
https://www.sciencemadness.org/whisper/viewthread.php?tid=6664 (Lots of basic info available here)
http://www.ochem4free.info/node/1 (This site is part of the above list but the links don't work anymore.)
Once you have a basic understanding of Ochemistry you going to want a copy of Otto Snow's Love Drugs and Strike's Total Synthesis. You will also want to check out the rhodium archive to see how other bees had been doing it in years past. Keep an eye out and you should be able to find a new hive to get you started. If you already have a good understanding of Ochemistry they will welcome you with open arms.
The equipment and chemicals shouldn't be a problem if you are sly and understand Ochemistry enough to work around banned precursors and provide plausible excuses for purchasing the chemicals you need. I won't go into detail as to how the magic happens. The two books on the topic should give you enough of a hint to get off the ground.
Make sure you have the basic safety equipment installed and tested before even thinking about getting anything else. Fume hoods, eyewash stations, and emergency showers are not optional! Neither are spill kits and proper cabinets for chemical storage. A fire detection/suppression system is also a must IMO. You don't want to risk burning to death, starting a wild fire, or having the fire dept. poking around your drug lab. There are plenty of other pieces of safety equipment that are needed. Those just seem like they can easily be overlooked.
Even if you have to save up for it get a very good analytical balance for dosing. It's better to just spend the money and get one that will be accurate enough for any chemical you could possibly wish to synthesize and ingest.
Don't forget that cheaper and more durable plastics and metals can sometimes be used in place of glassware.
If you want pills just get some gel-caps. They work just as well IMHO and they don't watch them like pill presses.
Finally I'd like to remind everyone that great people like Strike are doing hard time because they got greedy and started dealing. Only make enough to use and give away to the people you implicitly trust.