Slow grind vs rush to end game

Hello,

I apologize if this has been posted for the millionth time, but I need advice. Currently I'm cross referencing the MIN and BTN levelling guides with my server's marketboard and grind the most profitable of the highest level node available. Is this the right approach or am is this a huge profit loss because there is more to be had on level 60-70 and should just grind my untouched levequests to levelup faster?

For reference, I'm very poor but very frugal with expenses. I very rarely spend more than 200k for glamour and all my expenses goes to food and pots.

I don't know your server's economy, so cannot really speak to that.

What I can speak to, though, is the matter of options. At 70 you have a lot more options as to what to gather than you do at 60, or at 50, or lower. I do not know what level you are, and my view of gathering is based on my own experiences, but I'd suggest using Collectibles and Leves to get higher in level to open up more options for your gathering. There may be something more valuable, or that sells faster, that you are currently unable to get due to your level, and until you are at a level sufficient to get it, you would not be able to capitalize upon it.

The drawback though, is the matter of gear. That can get expensive, either in terms of spending gil upon it, or in spending the additional time to gather collectibles for the scrip with which to buy it (time spent doing that is time not spent gathering something to sell).

If your only goal from gathering is selling, follow demand. It's usually short lived. As Roth pointed out, gear might control that though.

I'm a slow grind gatherer, gathering for the sake of gathering and not leveling. A stack of Cloud Mica gets me 500K exper and while that's not brag worthy I need 11 stacks of it to justify all the Titanium ore and red star ruby I have in retainer. It has gotten me to 62 and half way to 63 mining so far.

I take it slow and easy, I don't grind.

If your method suits you go for it. I always go for the GC turnins in HQ every day, then sell the NQs in 10s. Some rush to 70 so they can be the first to market.