Mastering Crafting/Gathering Classes First VS Mastering a DOW Class First - DEBATE

[Ashkendor]

What does he mean by "mastering" a class? Simply getting yourself to 50 is only the beginning in both cases.

Crafting classes are easier to level when you've unlocked all of the levequests, which takes a DoW/DoM class.

Personally, I got one DoW class (Paladin) to 50 and worked on gearing it; meanwhile I've leveled up and geared every DoH/DoL class while working on a few more DoW/DoM. I've been very focused on crafting/gathering; I have five three-star crafting classes and am working on the last two. Two of my three DoL classes have the Forager tools and I'm working slowly on the last one. Does this make me a noob? Does it make me something else? Honestly, I don't care either way; I think your friend is taking an incredibly narrow-minded view of the game.

Part of what's great about FFXIV is the wide variety of content that it offers. Do you enjoy crafting? Then craft. Do you enjoy kicking the crap out of mobs? Then go be DoW/DoM. When I don't feel like raiding or leveling, the crafting and gathering content is always there to keep me busy. At the end of the day, it's a game. You get out of it what you put into it, so do what you enjoy doing and don't let anyone tell you any differently.