Is crafting and gathering really worth it?

[Steady]

Level on crafter to 70, use beastribes if you haven't already maxed them out. Get mounts, get minions, get story. Then do turns ins at 60 and then 70.... get scrips, trade scrips for items, sell on MB, make about 300k+ a week

[TwistedTea]

If you're asking this question, the answer is almost certainly NO with two caveats.
Crafting - Being able to repair your own gear
Gathering - Being able to get daily treasure maps

Aside from these two things, I find that anyone that asks the question, the answer is generally NO. If you are on the fence about spending the time to level the jobs, you're equally unlikely to invest the time to use them to make money. If one or both of the above two things are useful to you, then I highly recommend it, otherwise not.


Personal anecdote:
I have leveled everything to 70. I do not use my DoH/DoL classes except for the above two things. Do I think it was worth it? Yeah, but I can see why others wouldn't. I have a lot of free time. I have acquired far more gil from selling loot from recently-released content (Pyros was VERY lucrative for me), than I have using DoH/DoL, but making money with those jobs is boring as hell in my opinion. [Insert comment about Eureka being just as boring here]

Crafting/gathering on Balmung/populated servers:

You'll probably make more gil running treasure maps and selling the mats and Eureka drops right now.

However, I still craft/gather because I enjoy doing these activities...including Market Board PVP

[Ryaz]

Really depends on what you want to do. Just want to run dungeons, raids and do combat stuff? Probably not. Want to own a mansion filled with awesome furnishings? Then it's the best way to make money. I grinded all my gatherers and crafters to 70 over the course of a few months (between 4.2 and 4.3). It was a painful grind, but worth every second. Now I own a mansion filled with furnishings I made, can help my FC mates with gear they need, and can make money for certain glams I want pretty easily. Currently saving just in case Ishgard is given housing next expac.

[Alexandre_Noireau]

Idk if gil utility beats the management hell that crafting is anymore.
Yes, you are much more independent to acquire, everything crafted and housing mechanics too, much easier. But i don't know if watching at endless lists of materials upon materials and having horrid interface clutter and the whole retainer interface can go and be thrown into a volcano... Um.

Maybe just do basic crafting or basic gathering.

[Gemina]

I will tell you this OP, if you don't enjoy crafting, using it as a means to make gil will only feel like an actual job and you will likely burn out. Making gil from crafting is only one of many benefits it brings you, and crafting is only one of many methods to acquire gil.

[Liam_Harper]

Gil-wise crafting is definitely worth it, although the very richest players don't craft, they play the MB. But you can rake in hundreds of millions over time with work.

The most important question however is "do you enjoy it"?
If you don't enjoy crafting, it's not really worth it except perhaps power leveling it with leve's and buying a lv70 white set for basic crafting/repair needs. But it isn't worth investing in something you dislike just for gil. There is very little to spend massive sums of gil on and many other ways to earn gil.

I personally love crafting, I enjoy the depth, leveling it, gathering items, melding, putting together rotations. That's what makes it worth it to me. But it's a whole different game in itself and not for everyone.

[DarkDedede]

I enjoy selling, which makes crafting worthwhile for me.

Personally though, I've also found desynthing enjoyable, which is also related to crafting. Buy up surplus on the marketboard, break it back down into materials, and sell it back on the market.

[Lunalepsy]

Not anymore. If you like vanity, then maybe.

[Kewitt]

With all my doh/dol but one capped. It's easy to make 1m Gil in an hour.
Bear in mind it may take 48 hours to sell some stuff.

I have 80m Gil so I don't actively make Gil any longer also I don't have bis for any doh job..

Also repair gear anywhere

[Iscah]

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

Rebuilding Ishgard is confirmed, but housing is not. It's pure speculation based on the fact that people have been wanting it for years.