Don't even know where to begin with the crafting tokens for relic.

[Yahallo]

I made all my money doing roulettes as a tank. I had over 12 mil before the relic patch dropped.

And how long did that take to build up?

If you're not big on making money, then yes. The easiest way to get the crafted tokens is to level up a gathering class and go get the materials yourself from the diadem and have people make the tokens for you. It's really not that hard you just spam leves and do the GC turn-ins every day.

If you're bored, turn on some netflix while you burn through your leves.

Issue (joke): I don't have netflix.

Which gathering class would you recommend to start with then? My FC suggested I take up fishing which I tried doing for a while before getting bored.

The materials aren't that bad to get according to a few people I know. The only bad part is that you need a specialist crafter. I hate to seem like that person but you have no friends or FC mates with 60 Crafting/Gathering?

I have friends and FC mates with the classes, hell I have friends who could probably buy me the mats for every single class in the game and still have plenty of money leftover, but I don't want to impose on them. I don't mind asking for them to craft me stuff, however, I make it a point to supply all of the materials myself or an equivalent amount of gil (generally when the items are sold in large stacks that I can't exactly afford but can afford the singular amounts that I need). I make it a point to not overly rely on them. Normally I am able to make do, but this time the total cost for all 16 HQ items are a bit high for someone like me so I am trying to figure out what are my options because right now, I don't know where to even begin.

Not to be rude, but it's kind of obvious isn't it?

Google the materials and ask someone to craft them for you if you can't make them yourself.

Except I don't have the money to even buy all the materials for the tokens. I am pretty sure I mentioned that in my original post.