Question for the Crafters

[Gillionaire]

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Sure you could level all classes at the same time, keeping up with your gear all around. But in my experience, it takes a special kind of person to actually do that.. Most would just grind out one by one for simplicity and not bother with upgrading gear every 2-3 levels.

Not saying it doesn't happen, I have a friend doing exactly that, but compared to how fast I got my crafting done just by making the same item over and over and over (tedious, but it is arguably the fastest way without using leves)

I actually spared no costs in leveling up my crafts if it got things done quicker because the way I saw it, faster I got there, faster I would earn it back. I like to think I was right, I surpassed all the crafters in my FC who's been playing for months longer than myself even though I spent a few million more in gearing up than they did just buying things off the MB instead of waiting for the right moment. Considering that as a 1 star+ crafter you can make over million gil a day easily. Extra money you spent is worth it imo.

Besides, if you're grinding, why would you want to make 80 durability items? They usually don't stack, and as such have slower turn around on the MB. I'd rather make few stacks of leather/ingot/cloth even if nq, and take a slight loss than try to make equipments and try to sell dozens of them over the next few weeks.

From my experiences so far, I will say this.
Crafting is not for the timid, you have to spend money to make money. The more you spend, more you'll make.

EDIT: Oh and another thing, I'm not saying to ignore quality, you'll still wanna work on quality when you grind so you get the exp bonus, and that'll usually result in a decent chunk of hq and that's just bonus.

[Roth_Trailfinder]

Besides, if you're grinding, why would you want to make 80 durability items? They usually don't stack, and as such have slower turn around on the MB. I'd rather make few stacks of leather/ingot/cloth even if nq, and take a slight loss than try to make equipments and try to sell dozens of them over the next few weeks.

Crafting gear falls under the 70/80 durability heading. You should be making your own while leveling crafting classes.

However, in terms of the grind, there are two things here : they are usually the Leve hand ins, and you get bonus exp for the first time you craft something.

If you're doing Leves, you want to craft your own (HQ) hand ins. You get more exp that way. If you're grinding, you'll want to make items in the crafting log, as well as making the 40 durability stackables en masse, to maximize your experience intake.