It seems like that Bixby. You guys are kind of talking me out of CUL. I figure it would be useful since I like fishing... but I figured that I would only cook for myself. I'm not looking to turn a profit (not initially) as I tend to do for myself and rely on my guild or in this case FC to help for anything else. Long have I been the guild crafter. It's draining, plus FFXI left a bad taste in my mouth for crafting. While it's better in this game (initially) I figure since I like gathering more, I would dabble more in DoL for any revenue making.

I'm starting to think I'll focus on Leatherworking, WVR, and CAR. I might mess around with goldsmithing (if mining helps for that). I don't plan on doing much more than that initially. My plan would be to work the middle ground of recipes in the market should I do so (making tools or parts of multi-crafts). I'm still not sure if it's wise to only lvl 3 crafts past 10 to be able to get said 3 crafts to the capped desynth levels. I don't have much time to think about it as all of the crafts are creeping towards 10 due to my interest in getting additional seals and being an achievement whore.

At some point I'm going to force myself not to craft beyond the 3 I pick. I'll probably ignore crafting since whatever FC that picks me up should have a say in where I direct myself. Find a FC seems difficult.