To do rank XIII Exploration Ventures on Gatherers (BTN, MIN, don't have a fisher, 383 is impossible to get to on Fisher cause lack of offhand) you required 383 Gathering.

To get to this number you need: Full HQ, Full Gathering materia melded to cap on every piece of gear. Or to hand over your Ilvl 70 hatchet to your retainer and then you still need some melds.

Example: http://ffxiv.ariyala.com/MA0V

To do rank XIII Exploration Venturers on Combat classes you simply need a poultry average iLvl of 70.

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This is a bit unfair no? Gatherers have to be near max-stats, yet combat classes can be geared in generally subpar gear you can get from drops in dungeons?