Impatient/rude players

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...is remembering that I have to level alchemist to level 15 for me to be able to become a white mage. Annoyed at myself for not forgetting that.

Anyway, I wanted to level blacksmith to make money/gil in this game, but am not sure what my best options are as far as going straight into becoming a blacksmith or continuing on my quest to level my white mage.

My goal ultimately is to make enough money/gil to buy upper level armor for end game. So I'm thinking I should go ahead and level blacksmith and then go back to doing my white mage stuff later.

What are my best options? Any advice is appreciated.

Okay, finally some questions I can answer!

First, its not alchemist you have to level to 15 for WHM, its Arcanist. As of current writing, You do not have to level any crafting classes in order to obtain any battle classes.

Second, end game gear is almost entirely unpurchaseable with gil, as it is all untradeable. literally, once you hit 50, you can spend 2 hours on hunts (which is an entirely different animal) and obtain gear that is multitudes better than anything craftable. The one exception to this, from what I have heard, is a single craftable ring, but generally, crafting isn't the way to go for end game gear.

Crafting is a major gil sink, and a major time sink. an easier path for gil, on the other hand, lies in your Disciple of Land (DoL) classes. these are your miners and loggers of the realm. they are still a time sink, but require very little gil investment, and can generate as much gil as you put time into it. for example, on my server, I can spend 20 mins, gather a stack of flax, and sell it for about 45k. multiply this by how much time you have, and bam, you have money to spend.

When you do go to level your arcanist up, as a suggestion, the best modes of 1-15 leveling is class quests, hunting logs, guildhests once you get to 10, and fates once those are exhausted. if you follow that order, you can usually hit 15 in a class in around 2-3 hours.

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Second, end game gear is almost entirely unpurchaseable with gil, as it is all untradeable. literally, once you hit 50, you can spend 2 hours on hunts (which is an entirely different animal) and obtain gear that is multitudes better than anything craftable. The one exception to this, from what I have heard, is a single craftable ring, but generally, crafting isn't the way to go for end game gear.

My main class is gladiator/paladin, and I hit a roadblock when trying to do my relic quest. I basically ran out of gil to complete my quest.

So, hunts is where you hunt monsters/creatures in an area right and get a high amount of gil? I'll have to give this a try because I want to continue on my end game stuff first and foremost. Any other advice would be appreciated on this.

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My main class is gladiator/paladin, and I hit a roadblock when trying to do my relic quest. I basically ran out of gil to complete my quest.

So, hunts is where you hunt monsters/creatures in an area right and get a high amount of gil? I'll have to give this a try because I want to continue on my end game stuff first and foremost. Any other advice would be appreciated on this.

Not at all. Hunts is a separate system where large creatures that roam the land get killed by a whole bunch of players, and they drop allied seals and tomes of mythology. it is currently the fastest way to obtain I90 gears.

http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...newish_people/

this guide is fairly helpful, if you stick around to read it. actually, the entire subreddit is a treasure trove of useful information, which I definitely recommend reading if you have time.


Seperately, you mentioned running out of gil for your relic quest. which step did you run out on? the materia portion? if so, have you tried spiritbonding yourself? it takes a bit longer, but is another great way to earn gil.