Is crafting and gathering really worth it?

[Final-Fantasy]

Crafting and Gathering are both worth while, make your own gear and items, access to some content exclusive to those classes and the upcoming endgame craft and gatherer content as well.

[Raldo]

upcoming endgame craft and gatherer content as well.

Uh, what? Did I miss something?

[Derio]

Uh, what? Did I miss something?

Crafters and Gathers will have endgame content in 5.0 to rebuild Ishgard and allow housing in that area.

[Raldo]

Crafters and Gathers will have endgame content in 5.0 to rebuild Ishgard and allow housing in that area.

Meh. Smells like moogle quests all over again.

"Endgame" I'll believe it when I see it.

Watch it just be more Custom Deliveries. 6 items a week, how exciting.

[Alestorm]

It all depends on what you do with it. I can make money selling some basic crafting mats HQ pretty reliably. Granted it's not a ton of money; but it's a pretty easy turn around for a few thousand. I'm personally working on my crafting now, but it's mostly for something to do and also be able to self repair my gear. You only make tons of gil selling things within the first 2 weeks of new things being added. After that just go for housing decor since it always sells and otherwise go for gathering to sell some simple mats in reasonable stacks and make money over time.

[Ilan]

Hello, I have been playing this game since Aug 2018. I love the game. I'm a huge a huge FF fan and have been since the very beginning. When FFXIV came out I hated it at first because frankly it was unplayable. That was at beta in 2013.

Starting back up last summer has been more than a pleasant surprise. SOOO much to do in this game. Initially I enjoyed crafting and gathering for about a couple of weeks until I got to the higher levels and it became very stagnant IMO. The payoff on the MB isn't very substantial until end game.

So my question: Is the amount of time put into crafting and gathering really worth it?
You can acquire gil in many different ways and you don't really need to craft your own armor since side quests and DF give you gear. On top of that, you can get spoiled from FC to make you gear and supply material. So what do you think?

Lets say it is worth if you want to make or save gil, but if you would've to force yourself to do it then don't. Crafting and gathering is not enjoyable for everyone.

[TheMightyMollusk]

I did leatherworker for beast tribe stories. I feel it was worth it for that. But I don't really care for the crafting system enough to keep at it.

[KageTokage]

I'm glad I leveled crafting classes just for the ability to repair my gear whenever.

I've stopped bothering to try to make money by crafting/gathering mainstream items due to the ever-growing number of bot farmers tanking prices to a point where it scarcely feels worth it anymore, though (Selectively crafting/desynthing for items that aren't targeted by bots has been getting me way more gil for the amount of time spent).

[Jojoya]

Hello, I have been playing this game since Aug 2018. I love the game. I'm a huge a huge FF fan and have been since the very beginning. When FFXIV came out I hated it at first because frankly it was unplayable. That was at beta in 2013.

Starting back up last summer has been more than a pleasant surprise. SOOO much to do in this game. Initially I enjoyed crafting and gathering for about a couple of weeks until I got to the higher levels and it became very stagnant IMO. The payoff on the MB isn't very substantial until end game.

So my question: Is the amount of time put into crafting and gathering really worth it?
You can acquire gil in many different ways and you don't really need to craft your own armor since side quests and DF give you gear. On top of that, you can get spoiled from FC to make you gear and supply material. So what do you think?

Like any game content, if you don't enjoy it then you probably shouldn't do it.

Personally, I enjoy crafting and gathering so I do it. Payoffs from the MB don't have to be substantial, they only need to be profitable. Small profits add up over time, especially if you focus on selling things in high demand so you're always having to list more.

If you have other ways to make gil that you enjoy more, then do that content instead.

[Raikai]

I never looked to any of them, but I'm considering having at least botanist to 70 for:

1) Namazu quests, because of the Namazu mount and minion
2) 5.0 Ishgard rebuild

Why botanist? I've asked around and it seems that it's the easiest/fastest to level.