Quote Originally Posted by Kalam View Post
Guess I'm trying to figure out the best way to level quickly, without making a ton of mistakes.
It's kind of stupid, but the fastest way to level is this:

Find a triple turnin leve.
Find a crafter ~lvl 50.
Buy a bunch of raw mats.
Give them to the crafter + gil + shards.
Have them craft them in to HQ turnin stuff.
Turn in all the required things for the repeatable levequest.
Repeat.

Ironically, this is the fastest way to level yet you do absolutely no crafting. I don't understand how SE thought this was a good idea but hey, whatever works.

Quote Originally Posted by Corkafish View Post
Up to 20 or so you can just fill out your crafting log and HQ the highest-level item that you can do reliably. Some guides recommend leveling up all professions to 15 before you focus on one, but I felt that only LTW (Waste Not), ALC (Tricks of the Trade), and CUL (Hasty Touch) were truly essential. These are abilities that you will use in every synthesis once you have access to them. GSM's Manipulation is also good but I've done fine without it.

After 20, tradecraft leves are the undisputed way to go.
I dunno, IMO rumination and Rapid Synthesis are also between pretty good to godly.