Leveling on a budget for heavensward

[Shadygrove]

For the L 50 class quests take the hat. Do not meld it. Otherwise ignore AF.

As you can afford it, and this is NOT an if you can afford it, acquire and meld the forager's set. This is actually cheaper than the AF route, although it might not look it at first glance. Its about the overmeling. Three materia slots vs. two. After that work on the accessories.

Earned stuff: you WANT the Forager's hat first thing. I would suggest getting it as miner as the node also has Grade 3 Shroud topsoil which sells well.

If you can get the stats to do so you can bypass the forager's tools and go straight into the Supra / Lucius path. The crafted Artisan's offhand will help a bunch on this. (I somehow believe this can be done in forager's without overmelding, but this is only a belief.)

I will log out as BTN, its fully melded BiS.