Better gil maker: GSM/Cul/Alc?

[Skeith-Adeline]

Just reached 50 on my Cul (was harder to reach than GSM - MB prices are crazy).

Was likely going to make my GSM my main DotH class, but, it seems easier to make gil as a Cul than a GSM. I honestly am only in it for Gil lol.

Was also planning on making Alc. Which one will likely yield a greater reward?

[Atlaworks]

Lol alchemy ever getting gil that's a good one Actually I make a lot of money off of alchemy but rarely sell big purchases, except for specialty items like augments, desynth books, and perfect pounces

Seriously though, while the greatest rewards of all of those may vary, and currently I'd probably say goldsmithing, what is most in demand changes with each patch so there's not really a consensus on what's "best". Though it's a safe bet to say half the time a patch will screw blacksmithing pretty hard, and the DoH classes tend to make the stuff you'd think they would make. It's also unwise to have a "main" DoH class. If you're only in it for the gil, you may want to stick to reading the market board for quick selling recipes worth a few bucks because endgame crafting outright requires if not strongly urges you to max out every DoH class, meld all your gear, and invest a lot of time, hard work, and gil to see marginal profits.

If you just want fast gil go spiritbond materia or gather. Good crafting is an investment.

[Sounders]

Lol alchemy ever getting gil that's a good one Actually I make a lot of money off of alchemy but rarely sell big purchases, except for specialty items like augments, desynth books, and perfect pounces

I completely agree on this. Before 2.5, ALC was by far my most profitable class. ALC was OP. Then they improved all the other 7 DOH classes in 2.5 (ALC was left behind).

[Ooshima]

No crafting class is so-called a better or best gil maker.

It all depends on what is needed on the market at any point in time, and patch cycle. Different parts of the patch cycle will have different needs so you need to know what people wants at the minimum, and if you have the capital, you can make some predictions and pre-purchases/preparations for materials before the actual patch/demand hits.

Those players who had to keep coming to forums to ask "how to make gil?", "which job makes the most gil?", "what is the best 3*/4* rotation?", probably aren't cut to make gil from the market, or have already missed the time to make the gil (since I believe that all worlds are already saturated with crafters).

[Lyzern]

I'm not experienced by FAR in any crafts (Only carp and cul to 50 and I suck at making money), but from what I see, Culinarian desynthesis is where it's at. I also heard from others that Culinarian may not have a huge profit margin, but it sells faster and more steadily than other crafts

[Hohoz]

Hard to make any profit in this game ... all the under cutting that happens is like crazy , and not just by like 10gil they do it by like 25000gil + like why would you want to cheat yourself :O

[Lorglath]

Hard to make any profit in this game ... all the under cutting that happens is like crazy , and not just by like 10gil they do it by like 25000gil + like why would you want to cheat yourself :O

To make it unprofitable for you so you leave my market and I can go back to selling higher instead of having to watch the market every 5 minutes for someone who undercuts me by 1 gil. That stuff bugs me, but I understand why it happens, so I actively try to make those people go away.

[Willhelmet]

Hard to make any profit in this game ... all the under cutting that happens is like crazy , and not just by like 10gil they do it by like 25000gil + like why would you want to cheat yourself :O

If you don't need the gil right away you can just wait it out. When someone undercuts that much I figure they need the gil right away and their item sells fairly quickly in most cases. If they are trying to bully the market you just need to have patience.

[tocsin]

Hard to make any profit in this game ... all the under cutting that happens is like crazy , and not just by like 10gil they do it by like 25000gil + like why would you want to cheat yourself :O

Honestly, sometimes I have a glut of supply, and things aren't selling fast enough, or I don't want to deal with a particularly viscious undercutting market, so ill price them way down, and short sell my over-supply. when I have 40 mastercraft demi's, that one mil that I lost by selling them at 25k underpriced, is really not worth my undercutting every 20 minutes for 3-4 days just to sell at full price. let another seller buy it, and make the extra profit for the extra work, and ill move on with my life, 11 mil richer.

[giantslayer]

GSM is the best in terms of gil/hour IMHO. 3* is where I make the most money with GSM. There is only so much demand for these, so there is a limit to how much you can make on those. CUL is more labor intensive, but you can sell large stacks. Alc can make some money. Last I checked, terminus putty cost 5-10k to make and sold for 30-40k. You can often make decent money by making more obscure ingredients like varnish, shark oil, and mortar. If no one else is bothering to make the stuff, you can get away with a nice profit margin.