Should I level DoL classes to 50 before leveling my DoH Classes?

[Aeyis]

True.





Time has value. If you can earn money faster than you can mine it, you may as well do that, buy the mats, and come out ahead.

This is true, but people in this thread are kind of forgetting that the OP still has to level his classes. Buying mats en large while leveling will only cost him large amounts of gil.

In addition he would have to collect a lot of materials that he cannot sell (but also cant use since his crafters are already past that the level where they need them), making his DoL leveling time less effective.


Time is money, and using own items still means you used their gil worth; thats only one side of the coin.
The other side is that if you do have the time, then you can turn that time into money by gathering. And obtaining value without spending any that way.
Crafting always costs money, the question is just whether you will obtain more from selling what you crafted then you originally invested.
Starting from scratch, without a gathering buffer to fall back on (you can always gather materials for a craft yourself when you are short on gil funding) is not something I would advice for a leveling crafter that does not know his markets.