Mithrie's Crafting and Gathering Video Guides

[Mithrie]

The issue of the 8 sets of gear is a good point so I have made a separate thread here about the idea of set bonuses? Maybe this could answer the question of why get AF sets should Square Enix think it a good idea.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...ses-%28Idea%29

[Royal]

I agree with you guys they do look a lot cooler and I can dye them to make them look badass. Maybe after I get all 8 to 50 and get the offhands done, I will do it slowly. I can't pull myself together to buy Tier 3 materia for 25k a pop for 35% failure rate so I bond all my gear myself which takes time. On the plus side after I'm done with offhands I only have 40 pieces left to meld (5 main parts * 8 proffesions). Sigh, i don't know how you guys find time.

Just finished my 5th profession last night. Cul (37), Arm (15), and Bsm (15) left.

[Zeronic]

Here's an idea. Why not meld the non class specific gear first? I started with my belt, then necklace, earrings and wrist. I only need to optimize the rings now and I am done. Once those are done ill fill up the basic slot of items first. And see how far I can get with that. No need to waste money on 1 specific class.
And tbh, I agree with the OP, the class specific gear just makes it feel like more of an accomplishment. And like I said we have enough non specific gear to meld. Food, fc bonus might help you get that last bit anyways.

[Royal]

If you are talking to me, Zeronic, I did do the non-class specific gear first. I did belt -> neck -> earring -> bracelet -> then rings. After that I did all the Patrician's stuff. Now all that is left is the class specific offhand. I have one done and in progress of one more.

[Mithrie]

I also did the same to help boost all 8 of the crafts, which helped me to craft all the AF sets too ironically.