Where are the hardcoded (non-MB) gold "faucets" in FFXIV?

[MistakeNot]

I actually wondered about this today. With all the xp buffs can't players out level the quests and dungeons for gear? I saw someone get three levels at once on a disciple of war. I am not sure how that happened, but I saw it happen for a couple others as well.

You can outlevel things by a lot, but if you do all sidequests in addition to the MSQ, the quests and dungeons won't outlevel your gear.

[Iscah]

I actually wondered about this today. With all the xp buffs can't players out level the quests and dungeons for gear? I saw someone get three levels at once on a disciple of war. I am not sure how that happened, but I saw it happen for a couple others as well.

If you've outleveled the gear coming from quests as you work through the story, it doesn't really matter. You only really need the quest-level gear because you haven't unlocked any higher-level duties yet.

Going up three levels at once is probably due to a combination of Road to 70 boosts, maybe some challenge log bonuses, and having a nearly-full EXP bar - so they could get "two and a bit" levels' worth of EXP and go up three levels in terms of whole numbers.

[Nicodemus_Mercy]

*emphasis mine*

The bolded part is true for damage dealers and healers. However, tanks may need to purchase accessories to bring up their ilevel requirements. It depends on how lucky you are with drops.

That's really only true pre-50. Once you have access to Tomestone gear there's no reason you need to spend gil on gear.

Only partially true. You never need to buy gear for your main class while leveling, but when leveling your third or fourth class you may find that buying the gear is the least troublesome way of getting it.
After you reach level cap and gear up for the endgame you may also want to buy gear. It is either that or leveling crafters yourself or grinding tomestones for gear. Buying better gear from the Market Board is a legit way of getting it at level cap.

Also... I never said buying gear wasn't legitimate. I merely meant that once you have access to Tomestone gear, you don't have to spend Gil on gear to meet ilvl requirements while leveling. Meeting gear requirements with alt jobs is incredibly easy with access to tomestone gear. Heck even pre 50, if you have one combat job at 50+ you have the capability of earning GC seals in significant quantities and can buy pre-50 gear for your alt jobs with those to fill any gaps until you can use Tomestone gear.

[Hiply]

So I decided to roll an actual alt to level SMN with - instead of adding the job to Hiply - and I gave him a 200k gil boost to get going. At 55 he's in mostly 120s and has ~630k on him from doing almost nothing but MSQ and unlock quests. I expect that trend to continue, and unless I feel some need to buy glamour gear I'll always have more money than I need. Poetics are your friend.

One thing I will do, when I start getting rafts of V and VI materia from runs and/or hunts at later levels, is go play materia roulette where I will occasionally hit the jackpot with some decently rare crafter materia that boost my gil count. Other than that, off-job quest HQ quest reward items can sell really well too once you start seeing them.

[Barraind]

I never said buying gear wasn't legitimate. I merely meant that once you have access to Tomestone gear, you don't have to spend Gil on gear to meet ilvl requirements while leveling.

If you're on a road to 70 server, and on normal servers to a lesser extent, if you arent spending gil, you should get used to taking gear upgrades for your main class every chance you get when offered, cause you're never going to have enough currency to stay behind, let alone caught up. My most recent alt was 58 before i could afford a single piece of ironworks visible gear.

You're also going to die when sneezed on at the start of every new expansion.

[Deceptus]

Do you daily and weekly hunts. At lvl 80 It's an easy 15K Gil per day, 120K gil per week.

[Kacho_Nacho]

That's really only true pre-50. Once you have access to Tomestone gear there's no reason you need to spend gil on gear.

Yeppers. Actually, discovered Idyllshire right after I posted.

I was like "I have HOW MUCH I can spend???" *giggle*

It was nice being able to gear up my main and an alt class so quickly. Biggest decision was which alt job to get to ilvl.

Anyways... I'm contributing too much to thread drift.

Back on topic, your mileage may vary, OP, but I have found selling items which low to medium level crafters want provides me a comfortable flow of gil.

There are always individuals leveling DoHs and they get impatient. So, they buy the mats they need rather than gather them. That's what's known as a market and I focus on those players.

[Mousezilla]

I've had that happen to me. Road to 70, the XP boost accessories, food buff, rested XP and the Heat of Battle FC buff are wonderful things, especially when you're on a lowbie job.