BSM & ARM are hardest crafting classes to lv50

[Crimson-Falcon]

huff huff huff

that was crazy tiring and gil ripping off to get mats

as both BSM & ARM leves are solely either weapons , tools & gears

no single 40 durability item required in any leve i have tried

made them the hardest crafting classes to lv50

less allowances usage = more gil ripping off

more allowances usage ( longer time to lv50 ) = less gil ripping off

took me around 97 allowances to lv50 BSM & on my way to lv ARM now after i get my 100 allowances back

of course wasted about 230k gil to do so

[AylaYukihana]

Somebody actually thinks crafting is hard in FF14?

Maybe you never tried FF11.. good luck maxing out Blacksmith or Goldsmith..

[Balbanes]

Somebody actually thinks crafting is hard in FF14?

Maybe you never tried FF11.. good luck maxing out Blacksmith or Goldsmith..

Gotta go with this. Crafting in FFXIV is easymode. All of it.

[Dliver]

Gotta go with this. Crafting in FFXIV is easymode. All of it.

I know people here tend to compare this game with FF11, but if you didn't play FF11 and are instead comparing crafting to WoW or SWTOR, it's pretty clear how they could see crafting here as much more involved.

In the other big MMOs, crafting isn't a whole other class, it's at best a completely mindless mini-game that takes almost no time to level, and doesn't require any thought at all.

[Taruranto]

Somebody actually thinks crafting is hard in FF14?

Maybe you never tried FF11.. good luck maxing out Blacksmith or Goldsmith..

Yeah, it's pretty baffling. I see people hitting 50 with a craft and then 2 day after they are 25 with the next one, lol.

[Bufkus]

Yeah, it's pretty baffling. I see people hitting 50 with a craft and then 2 day after they are 25 with the next one, lol.

Only possible if you have a ton of leves saved up... A new player isn't going to get all 50s in crafts right away.

[Arkista]

Somebody actually thinks crafting is hard in FF14?

Maybe you never tried FF11.. good luck maxing out Blacksmith or Goldsmith..

Took me around 100mil to level GS in FFXI back in the day and didn't even hit 100. Crafting in FFXIV is so easy its stupid. I wait like 2 1/2 weeks and when I have 100 Allowance I level a new craft.

[Argent_Wings]

All crafts are easy to level. BSN and ARM most of all, imo since you can HQ all your own tools.

[APilgrim]

I'm not sure I understand. I made about 2 million gil leveling up BSM to 50 and I also almost have ARM to 50 (it's at 40-something but took a little break from crafting). I didn't rely on leves to level them up though, so that's probably why I was making a nice profit along the way.

I make my own mats - no reason not too except for the odd GSM, ALC or LTW mat needed occasionally. Even then though, the finished HQ items usually sale at a nice profit and not a loss.

Do you concentrate on making HQ items as you level up (both for level turn-ins and sale)? I've found that makes the difference between leveling slowly and at a loss and leveling fast while profiting even if you have to invest in nice gear/materia along the way.

[Zfz]

I don't have them at 50 but have both at 20~25, and there are 40-durability leves for both ARM and BSM. I think it was iron ingot and iron rivets. Then there's steel ingots as well, if I remember correctly.

In fact, now that I remember, the level 1 leves for both ARM and BSM want bronze ingot already. So obviously you're not looking carefully enough.