Me and friend just started

[Belial]

I was only arguing against getting multiple crafts to a low to mid level. Crafts at 50 are extremely useful but getting there requires you to either bot or go insane of boredom because you're doing a robot's work.

See, and the reasoning I have behind that is the abilities you can gain from crafts at level 10, they can be useful for the one high level craft you decide to do. I do agree though, it sucks to level crafting period. But taking them all to 10 doesn't take very long, just a few local leves here and there when running around town.

The best bet I've found is the get yourself a good easy recipe, lotsa mats, and spam the hell out of Standard Synth while watching TV. Easier if you have a gamepad.

But you're definitely not wrong, crafting is borrrrinnngggg.

[Denmo]

Crafting's not as boring as it used to be with the materia/simplified recipe list. If you're spamming the same skills over and over, sure, it can be hella boring. Grinding anything is boring.

If you supplement your crafting with your other jobs however, and craft seriously with the intent of either equipping yourself, a friend, or selling on the markets, it can be fun and rewarding. There's nothing quite like turning the day's spoils into max profits.

[Frein]

Crafting's not as boring as it used to be with the materia/simplified recipe list. If you're spamming the same skills over and over, sure, it can be hella boring. Grinding anything is boring.

If you supplement your crafting with your other jobs however, and craft seriously with the intent of either equipping yourself, a friend, or selling on the markets, it can be fun and rewarding. There's nothing quite like turning the day's spoils into max profits.

Yes but you can't actually level up that way. You need thousands of synths to get anywhere and it's not going to happen by only meeting your own, or heck, the whole server's demand. You have to spam a cheap recipe and vendor the stuff.

[vax]

LVL PUG to 6 for Second wind (nice heal).
LVL THM to 16 for Sacrifice (light heal and a regen effect), Resurrect (raise, revive, w/e you want to call it), Stygian spikes (recover MP when you get hit).
LVL CNJ to 4 just for Cure.

Then you can level LNC a bit more easier.
Idk if you posted this because your friand and you are both lvling lnc or just you. If both are leveling the same class try to convince your friend to lvl cnj or con, w/e is called now.

[charlemagne]

Honestly i'd say you just got unlucky with timing. At the moment the crafters are busy making all the new high level gear because the profits are astronomical. This will change as more people get hold of it. Also hitting you is increased competition for low lvl gear as a lnc because more people are taking it up since the job got so much stronger.
Availability will improve. Until then either join a linkshell and ask the crafters in there or walk up to the group of crafters that generally hang around the repair guy in uldah and ask them to make you gear.