Getting to Level 50 (a few questions)

[LineageRazor]

If you are serious at all about crafting, you will need all of the DoH jobs at level 50.

Just so you aren't scared TOO badly by this, so long as you get the level 15 cross-classes, there's still a lot you can do with a single class at level 50. My first tradecraft to 50 was Goldsmith, with all other tradecrafts at level 15. I was able to reliably HQ single-star recipes. Not 100% of the time - no crafting strategy that relies on Hasty Touch will ever manage that - but close enough that it was pretty rare to get a NQ.

I never attempted a double-star recipe until I had a few more skills (Peacock Ore was expensive, and I was too much of a chicken to risk it), but once I did it wasn't nearly as bad as I feared, and I suspect I would have had a high HQ rate even if I hadn't waited for those skills.

If leveling all crafts is too daunting, don't be discouraged; a single-50 crafter can still do quite well for themselves, even if a lot of recipes will be beyond their reach.

[AttacKat]

a single-50 crafter can still do quite well for themselves, even if a lot of recipes will be beyond their reach.

The lvl 50 skills I use to HQ 99% of 40 dura, and 100% 80 dura 1 and 2 star items from NQ mats, and to be able to *make* 3 star items -

ALC: Confort Zone
ARM: Piece by Piece (req for 3 star)
BSM: Ingenuity II
CRP: Byregot's Blessing
CUL: Steady Hand II (37)
GSM: Innovation
LTW: Waste Not II
WVR: Careful Synthesis II

So yeah, you can start making some gils with just one DoH at 50, but generally your base material cost will be high and profit low.

When you have ALL DoH at 50, that is when you start to make real gils using just NQ mats. Yes, even CUL is necessary because you to feed yourself a lot of Bouillabaisse.

jc