So I'm almost at endgame. I mean, I'm stuck trying to beat titan. But I am a fully DL pally with 100% vit boosting and an Ifrit sword. The trouble is, I don't have my relic weapon yet. Heck, I dont even have the primal part of the quest unloacked yet. You know why? Because I have just under 200k from natural questing, and after seeing that battledance materia 3 cost 20k on the boards, I was like THE HECK WITH THIS!

So here's what I did.

I decided there's no way im spending 20k on a materia when moneys super tight at the end of the game, and as a matter of fact, I will also not pay somebody to meld that materia to my weapon.

So, I decided its time to take matters into my own hands and level up a smithy.

I get to lv 20 and see that my progress is barred by Brass. So, I start leveling up a goldsmith.

I get the GSM to 20. Then I go nack to Black smith. But then I discover something else. Buying wood from the boards is geting way too expensive. I mean 99 elm for like 10k? THE HECK WITH THIS!

So I decide to level up my botany AND carpentry, and now guess what?

IM CHOPPING MY OWN DAMN WOOD.

How do you like them apples!

Turns out im getting a more rounded experience from the game, and I don't regret the grind one bit.

See you at Titan someday.