Alchemy and Armorsmithing required?

[Giantbane]

Alchemy was somewhat expensive for me in that nearly all recipes require water shards which for some reason I didn't have much of compared to other types. Shards are expensive if you don't gather yourself, some more than others. I also didn't find the items crafted sold nearly as well or were as useful as other crafts. That being said, I find comfort zone very useful and that alone was worth leveling up alchemy.

I found that I had more than enough water shards by simply doing the class quests. But I leveled purely doing HQ quest leve turn ins, not by mass production of goods or by crafting goods to sell.

The way I was planning, I was thinking
>Level weaver first for Careful Synthesis II
>Level GSM and Mining
>Alchemy and Blacksmithing.

Unless alchemy's cross skills are incredibly useful to leveling up the other two crafts? I'm also running out of leve allowances and going to fall to the default 6/day.

Also, as far as gearing is concerned, would the grand company issued sets be enough to carry on when you get them at level 25? Though I am going to be swapping out the tools as I get to it.

I would get everything to 15 first. It's pretty quick and all the materials are sold very cheaply at vendors next to the guild. This gives you a nice suite of abilities to use when you level any class.

You don't necessarily need the rest of Alchemy for leveling, but you'll want Comfort Zone if you plan on trying to HQ any 3* items. If that's your goal, you will want it eventually.