Get MIN BiS 3.0.5 gear or level BTN to 60? Or both?

[Sonikku13]

What I'm asking for is whether I should get BiS non-jewelry gear for my MIN, where I've already got the BiS offhand sledgie and the BiS gloves, and continue working on making loads of gil... or whether I should level my BTN.

If I should do both, what is a good split? 50/50? 70/30?

I spent 15m gil on the BiS sledgie, which means I gotta get that gil back somehow. I honestly only bought the sledgie because... it is so annoying missing out on 8/8 purity doing aetherial reduction collectables because of not having a food buff. Before I bought the BiS sledgie, I would get 540 collectability. Now I get 550 collectability. Plus, my endgame goal is a large house in Lavender Beds.

On the other hand, getting BTN to 60 will allow me to get red scrip faster. Which means more time grinding aetherial reduction nodes over the long haul. At this point, I have no plans to get BiS BTN gear.

So, how should I structure my time, because currently, I'm literally only doing one thing... grind aetherial reduction for what I consider loads of gil. Which, one of my goals someday is to have a billion gil, but that's for another day.

[Roth_Trailfinder]

Food for thought :
With non-starred (though melded) gear, you can gather Chysahl as a collectible for your Red Scrips, which lets you gather all those Mining things to sell, rather than for scrips.

[TechnoTechie]

guy wants to buy house; dumps 15m on an off-hand ...

I'm able to get 550 collectability w/out any of the new gear ><

[Roth_Trailfinder]

That's interesting .. how much Gathering did you meld to your tools to be able to clear the obstruction away from the folklore collectables? I had to do two swings with 616 Gathering, a problem rectified by getting the new MH.

[Kith]

That's interesting .. how much Gathering did you meld to your tools to be able to clear the obstruction away from the folklore collectables? I had to do two swings with 616 Gathering, a problem rectified by getting the new MH.

I believe the requirement is 650 gathering to clear in one swing.

[Katlyna]

I am able to reach 703 Gathering and 750 perception and it doesn't improve my ability to collect aetherial reduction nodes or collectible nodes. They are apparently capping the effect of perception on collectible usage.

[Rioszz]

I am able to reach 703 Gathering and 750 perception and it doesn't improve my ability to collect aetherial reduction nodes or collectible nodes. They are apparently capping the effect of perception on collectible usage.

They are, since the max hit you can do with a methodical is 115.

[TechnoTechie]

That's interesting .. how much Gathering did you meld to your tools to be able to clear the obstruction away from the folklore collectables? I had to do two swings with 616 Gathering, a problem rectified by getting the new MH.

I believe the requirement is 650 gathering to clear in one swing.

What Kith said appears to be correct; I was getting 1-swing clears (on 1-star items) with 658 gathering, but it could be lower. For Chysahl and Adamantite Ore, you can 1-hit clear it with less, I believe around 625?

I am able to reach 703 Gathering and 750 perception and it doesn't improve my ability to collect aetherial reduction nodes or collectible nodes. They are apparently capping the effect of perception on collectible usage.

They are, since the max hit you can do with a methodical is 115.

yep, each item level has a perception cap.
for level 56 items, this is around 535-539 (I couldn't test with anything in between)
for level 58 items, this is around 560 (I was getting max hits at 563, cap is possibly lower)
for level 60 items, this is around 615 (I couldn't find a nearby data point to test with, but I was getting max hits with 652)
for level 60 1-star items, I imagine this number is somewhere around 690-700, a number I arrived at by extrapolating my previous data.