Gathering jobs levels kind of slow?

[Vaen]

I don't know for sure if it should be faster, but Mining and Botany are definitely slower and less interesting to level than DoH and combat classes.

I kinda wish we still had a little mini-game for gathering and a higher XP reward per gather, since each gather would take a little longer. Instead of the low-exp but high-spamming gathering we have now. Plus that would make gathering mats a bit more valuable on the boards since we wouldnt be spam-gathering it so much to level.

[APilgrim]

I really wouldn't mind a slower leveling speed across the board than what currently exists in the game. **With the exception of both Mining and Botany**. Both are extremely slow grinds relative to the speed/time/effort required of all the other jobs/classes. Which isn't a huge deal but it does break synergy if one is trying to be self-sufficient while leveling multiple crafting jobs: one ends up needing to spend an inordinate amount of time/leves/effort on leveling Mining/Botany compared to the others. So much so, it seems most legitimate crafters are skipping the two major supplying jobs (fishing leveling speed is fine or too fast as-is IMHO) and instead just buying mats off the market because of the relative differences in leveling. Which could be good economic opportunity for legitimate gathering players but, alas, that market has so far been filled more efficiently by RMT gil purchasing and botting. Which just sucks all-around.

[HealBus]

Gathering classes level just fine. It all comes down to you know how to make the most out of your time spent on it. Leves being the best option typically, but it can still go very fast if you're efficient with your gathering.

Fishing is verrrry different from mining/botany.

[Gamemako]

The speed of gathering actually kind of torpedoed the ore market. It is like if everyone that had a gathering class was a bot farmer given the amount of ore you accumulate when leveling.

//EDIT: Nevermind, I just realized I misread your comment. Apologies.

[Kaedan]

Buy the XP booster scroll from your Grand Company. And then choose things to gather that are around the 80% chance mark. Also mix in some leves. You'll level very fast. Not in a single day like you can with crafting, but still pretty fast.

[APilgrim]

I'm going to resort to doing that unfortunately just to level Botany/Mining for the sake of leveling Botany/Mining at a later date. I've already out-leveled both to the point that neither significantly contributes to any of my crafting jobs in any case - and GC XP scrolls wouldn't have prevented that level discrepancy from occurring (due to needing to take time away from crafting (or whatever I might do otherwise) just to grind FATES for GC seals in order to purchase GC XP scrolls).

[DanteMog]

Crafting in this game for me is kinda like watching paint dry or watching grass grow, even watching others craft is kinda sleep inducing.

Sorry but thats my opinion on Crafting in FF14.

[Kaedan]

Crafting in this game for me is kinda like watching paint dry or watching grass grow, even watching others craft is kinda sleep inducing.

Sorry but thats my opinion on Crafting in FF14.

How many crafts do you have at 15+ to get all the extra abilities to share? Crafting can actually be quite involved if you're trying for HQ with all the skills available to you.

[APilgrim]

Crafting in this game for me is kinda like watching paint dry or watching grass grow, even watching others craft is kinda sleep inducing.

Sorry but thats my opinion on Crafting in FF14.

No need to apologize for an opinion if not being rude. This is the first MMORPG where I found leveling a traditional DoW type job to be as exciting as watching paint dry (dungeons are ok at first but FATES get so boring/repetitive to me fast) - so I set out on day 1 with the goal of being rich in an MMO for once and I've been having a surprisingly great time taking other people's gil.

[Neri]

You can also hand in the supply and um something for gathering classes for your GC too. Hand in HQ items will also grant you quite nice exp as well as seals too.