Crafting on Main or Alt - Which is best?

[CuddlyRyuu]

Hello Caimie,

Thank you very much for replying!
Sorry, my English is not great and I need to erase a lot when I post due of characters limit. I really appreciate the time you put in your answers! I got every MQ completed on my Main, we sped through the content. My Alt is also on Faerie, I meant that I past Levi in the story. So, the only benefit in doing crafts on my main is being able to repair on the go which I don't have issues with and only having 3 retainers will be an issue. In that sense, leveling all crafts with my Alt while I keep my Main away from it would be the best course of action? I will of course get my Alt a lv70 Tank and DPS if I need to get certain Mats. I can always ask my GF to help me for Mats too! As for the materia meld, I don't mind doing it with the npc in Rhalgr's Reach. I also don't mind about turning equips into materia. If there is anything I forgot please mention! I think I will start crafts this weekend, it's new to me haha Thanks again!

[Caimie_Tsukino]

Hello Caimie,

Thank you very much for replying!
Sorry, my English is not great and I need to erase a lot when I post due of characters limit. I really appreciate the time you put in your answers! I got every MQ completed on my Main, we sped through the content. My Alt is also on Faerie, I meant that I past Levi in the story. So, the only benefit in doing crafts on my main is being able to repair on the go which I don't have issues with and only having 3 retainers will be an issue. In that sense, leveling all crafts with my Alt while I keep my Main away from it would be the best course of action? I will of course get my Alt a lv70 Tank and DPS if I need to get certain Mats. I can always ask my GF to help me for Mats too! As for the materia meld, I don't mind doing it with the npc in Rhalgr's Reach. I also don't mind about turning equips into materia. If there is anything I forgot please mention! I think I will start crafts this weekend, it's new to me haha Thanks again!

Ah, sorry for misinterpreting you earlier. Yea, I agree with you that leveling crafting/gathering on your alt is totally fine.
Good luck getting started this weekend!
Since you're relatively new to crafting, my prehistoric crafting guide may still be of good use to you:
https://ffxivrealm.com/guides/ff14-a...ie-tsukino.39/
I took the effort today and updated it a little bit. It has some pretty comprehensive information about crafting which could be of help.

[CuddlyRyuu]

Thank you very much Caimie!
This will indeed be helpful, I'll make use of it. Especially for chapter 10 you saved me a lot of time searching for a proper explanation and what I'd like to get first, I'm not sure if Stormblood changed cross skills for crafts too but at least I'll know what's good or bad. I'll study from top to bottom when I get the time tonight once I'm back from work and I will start tomorrow with a better knowledge.