I apologize Mortikhan, but I do not understand how your post has anything to do with the subject I posted about. I know how to gather materials for crafting. That is hardly the point.

In fact, on my goldsmith character is am a level 37 miner. However, I feel compelled to respond that a crafter shouldn't have to level any other job anyway, just like other archetypes don't have to. But that is really another discussion and doesn't pertain to my original post.

The leve system is the "meat and potatoes" of XIV. The primary means of leveling. Only problem is that the system is incomplete for crafters. Harvesters and battle classes do not have this problem.

If a community representative comes in here and says: "this is intended, we don't want crafters to be able to level via leves like other classes" I will drop the issue. But I sincerely don't believe that. This game was created with the idea that crafters were classes too and they should be treated equally.