Naked Gatherers

When I first saw people running around naked I thought "Here we go again". Then I picked up Botany and learned that when I switch into my gathering class, I lose my clothing!

Will I eventually get gathering clothing from quests or should I visit the market place and try to pick up some gathering gear?

Thanks,

I think you can still wear your level 1 racial gear, assuming you kept it. But yeah, lol. Good times otherwise.
I'm not sure about gathering equip. I would think you can buy some from NPCs to get started, anyway.

At low levels, it doesn't matter all that much. And there's no sense in putting wear and tear you'd just have to repair on gear that doesn't benefit gathering (such as your racial starting gear) unless you're looking to up its spiritbond to turn it into materia. Thus, naked.

You will get some gathering gear from quests eventually. One piece for the level 5 quest, one for the level 10, etc. You don't really need gathering gear right away, but as you level, you'll start to notice a sharp drop in your chances for successful gathering. At least, if you stick with gathering at/above your level. I bought a full set of gathering gear from vendors around level 10, IIRC, and have made some kind of effort to stay up-to-date since then. If you want to buy some right away, the lowest level stuff is pretty cheap.

Adding to what Bixby mentioned, the higuer you go the harder it is to lvl up properly with normal gear. I personally found a good buddy whom craftes HQ gathering gear for me, i provided him with mats/crystals/ and a good chunk of gil for all this stuff and yet it is much cheaper and well worth the time than just buying it off market. I lvl my gathering faster and this helps me lvl my crafting faster.

In summary, find yourself a good weaver/leatherworker and help him lvl so he can give you that awesome gear, its a win-win situation.

You can buy gear, but as you level the craft and do the quests they will provide you with gear.
I think either level 1 or 5 quests gives you a shirt thingy, and the first gives a tool.

I wear my RSE just because I don't want to run around naked. You get a level 1 chest piece for your first quest and after that your quests reward gear options and you can fill in the blanks from vendors/market board.

if u take numerous gathering classes n level them all evenly u can take the most of level set everytime u hit 5,10,15 etc etc


same thing goes for crafting classes ;3

Omg. I didn't realize when start a job at level 1 they strip you!?

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Originally Posted by Merryl

Omg. I didn't realize when start a job at level 1 they strip you!?

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It removes any gear you cannot equip at the current class/level.

as a lalafel, i haven't thought of gathering while naked.. thx for advice!!!

gutta admit i was like "wtf" when i took up my second job & was thrown into my *commando* uniform ^^

Omg, the thought of a naked lalafel makes me want to go take a shower.

I laughed pretty hard when I read this, only bc I encountered the EXACT same situation not three days ago. I joined my second guild, Botanist, and as I'd never changed classes before I was quite surprised to find myself suddenly bare-ass naked in front of my new Guildleader.

You do get a unique gathering robe very early on in Botanists'. I can't recall which lvl exactly but it's the lvl 5 quest or before.

If you'd rather not be naked until then, you can wear your starting racial clothing. If you sold it like I did, there's at least one merchant who sells it, in Ul'dah. Look for an NPC seller called "Independent Importer"; you can buy any starter racial gear for under 100 gil and it's wearable by all classes at lvl 1.

Someone told me there's a similar merchant in Gridania, which I never found, but if it's true there's probably one in Limsa as well. I only know for a certainty that there is one in Ul'dah.

There are benefits to wearing clothing while gathering. For one, you get stat boosts, which will make gathering easier, which will help you level faster.

Also, as you gain XP while wearing gear, the gear's SpiritBond (SB) level goes up. When the SB level hits 100%, you can convert the gear into Materia. (The gear is destroyed in the process.) That Materia can then be attached to other gear to give it stat bonuses. Here's a primer on Materia.

So while you can probably get away at lower levels with gathering naked, there are definite reasons -- maybe even better reasons than avoiding the sight of naked lalafells -- to wear clothes.

I remember my Gladiator got progressively more naked as he approached level 10, until he was just wearing a belt and armored underpants.

That was, apparently, full battle dress.

You can even use the helmet of the CE with the 20% bonus xp, it also counts on gathering experience (sorry, i dont know the english word for Xp in ff, it's 'Routine' in german. Yes, german. Arrr).

You could always equip your Cassardis swimsuit
http://www.zam.com/Im/Image/202049.jpg

I wear the CE helmet, nothign else. She is too cute to put clothes on <3

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You could always equip your Cassardis swimsuit
http://www.zam.com/Im/Image/202049.jpg

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lmao looks like a womans swimsuit IMO xD

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Originally Posted by The_Last_Dragoon

You could always equip your Cassardis swimsuit
http://www.zam.com/Im/Image/202049.jpg

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Eww.

Er, I meant to say... attractive.

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Originally Posted by Rodric

Omg, the thought of a naked lalafel makes me want to go take a shower.

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when toying with which race to make i made the mistake of having small clothes turned on when i backed up and selected lalafel QQ

Now that the Moonfire Faire is active, I'm having a blast getting bathing suits for all of my all my girl characters. (Yes, I am a chauvinist pig. :p)

The first thing I do when I make a new female character is run out into the world and hunt up the Moonfire Faire FATE that happens in the starting area. While I'm waiting for that FATE to pop (it's on a 30-minute timer) I kill every critter that I come across that won't kill me. This helps me to level-up pronto-quick so I won't die during the FATE.

As soon as a character is authorized to learn crafting and gathering she pops into a cute little bikini instead of her racial attire, and turns into one sexy Botanist. :cool:

Your Class guild master will give you permission to join other guilds after you complete his L10 quest.

Huh...I was wondering what all the nude people were doing. Learn something new every day!

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Originally Posted by VydarrTyr

There are benefits to wearing clothing while gathering. For one, you get stat boosts, which will make gathering easier, which will help you level faster.

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A lot of level one gear does *not* provide stat bonuses. Your starting racial gear, in particular, provides nothing but defense.

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Originally Posted by WarlordEXE

when toying with which race to make i made the mistake of having small clothes turned on when i backed up and selected lalafel QQ

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Smallclothes for small people?